Silver

Silver is a soft, white, lustrous metal. It is highly malleable, and has a low melting point, making it easy to cast. It can be produced as a by-product of copper, gold, lead, and zinc refining. It can be highly polished, leading to a very reflective surface.

Most of the silver found at Ur is in jewelry, but sometimes it is made into axes or mirrors. These are found mainly in the royal tombs.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
19026C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B-C] Also two silver earrings.
19026B.1	35-1-99B	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B.1-.2] Also two silver earrings.
10556A	(none)	(none)	B17694B	[A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes
10556B	(none)	(none)	B17694A	[A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes
11766C	30-12-514	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper chisel (broken but complete) Type V. [B] A copper pin plain head. [C] Also, earring of plain silver wire spiral coil.
11977B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper Reticule and [B] silver earring, 2 interlaced coils with lunate ends.
8359B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Cylinder seal of lapis lazuli on a [B] silver bangle. The bangle is of flattened silver wire now distorted and broken: the wire passes through the cylinder. Cylinder, 2 registers: above; inscription. 1 human figure, and rampant animals. below; 1 human figure and rampant animals.
12658B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Geometric decoration with it a [B] silver earring. 2 1/2 spiral coils.
11931B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Pin. Copper with lapis ball head. (with this, [B-C] 2 silver finger rings: see box U.11930)
11931C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Pin. Copper with lapis ball head. (with this, [B-C] 2 silver finger rings: see box U.11930)
11837B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver Ewer & [B] Patten. Corroded together. Ewer usual libation. (one side badly broken). Patten, with foot & carinated rim (also badly broken).
11837A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver Ewer & [B] Patten. Corroded together. Ewer usual libation. (one side badly broken). Patten, with foot & carinated rim (also badly broken).
8226A	(none)	(none)	B16730	[A] Silver pin with plain ball head of lapis capped with gold. The shaft is pierced just below the head: [B] the 7 beads found just by it may have been fixed to the pin by this hole. The beads are catalogued with the pin. See field notes. [Type] V
11835	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver Pin. With plain lapis ball head and [B, C] a pair of hair-rings, spiral coils of silver wire, each hair-ring, 2 spirals interlaced.
10855A	(none)	(none)	B17068	[A] Silver Pot A good deal distorted but complete [drawing] Type XXXIII Inside it and projecting above the rim is [B] a gold drinking tube of very thin metal much broken up
11778A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver Rings (20) and [B] lapis lazuli buttons (26) worn at the waist, either on a belt or on the fringe of a short cloak: see Field Notes.
8605B	30-12-536	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver wire. Finely twisted 2-ply wire and [B] fragments of a silver tube(?)
8605A	(none)	(none)	B17554	[A] Silver wire. Finely twisted 2-ply wire and [B] fragments of a silver tube(?)
8690A	(none)	(none)	B16957	[A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
8690B	(none)	(none)	B16957	[A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing.
9325A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A]Finger ring and [B] earrings. Silver. Finger ring of plain silver wire. Earrings complicated, three sets of spiral lunar-ended coils hang one from the other. [drawing]
9325B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A]Finger ring and [B] earrings. Silver. Finger ring of plain silver wire. Earrings complicated, three sets of spiral lunar-ended coils hang one from the other. [drawing]
9630B	(none)	(none)	B16931.2	[[A-B] Silver Bracelets Two, one worn on each wrist; plain thick silver wire, open ends.