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.
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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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9999C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver |
| 9999B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver |
| 9999A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver |
| 9998D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver- earrings 4 Plain coils of silver wire, spiral |
| 9998C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver- earrings 4 Plain coils of silver wire, spiral |
| 9998B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver- earrings 4 Plain coils of silver wire, spiral |
| 9998A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver- earrings 4 Plain coils of silver wire, spiral |
| 9997 | (none) | 1935,0113.434 | (none) | Bead Small double conoids of silver and lapis |
| 9996 | (none) | 1928,1010.122 | (none) | Silver Pin With lapis head, plain ball Type V |
| 9993 | (none) | 1928,1010.53 | (none) | Copper Pin With lapis ball head set in silver Shaft broken Type V | |
| 9990 | (none) | 1928,1010.296 | (none) | Finger ring. Plain spiral of thin silver wire. | |
| 9986 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Finger Ring Silver Flat silver band decorated with minute cable ornament around it: edges plain. (broken) |
| 9984 | (none) | (none) | B17681 | Silver Pin With lapis ball head (shaft broken) Type V | |
| 9982 | (none) | (none) | B16785 | Silver Pin With fluted lapis ball head Type V | |
| 9981 | (none) | 1935,0113.432 | (none) | Beads Double conoids of silver and lapis, small |
| 9980C | (none) | (none) | B16786 | [A-C] Silver earrings. Plain spiral coils of silver wire. |
| 9980B | (none) | (none) | B16786 | [A-C] Silver earrings. Plain spiral coils of silver wire. |
| 9980A | (none) | (none) | B16786 | [A-C] Silver earrings Plain spiral coils of silver wire | |
| 9968 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earring Small with lunate ends |
| 9966 | (none) | (none) | (none) | A number of Silver earrings. |
| 9962 | (none) | (none) | B17075 | Silver Pin The shaft bent, & pierced Lapis ball head Type VI | |
| 9948 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver- earring Coil with lunate ends Type__ |
| 9944 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Dagger With the blade is preserved part of the wooden handle bound and studded with silver Type__ |
| 9938 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Dagger Narrow straight-sided blade with short tang (broken) and rivets. The handle had been studded with silver nails. |
| 9936 | (none) | (none) | B16734 | Beads, etc. From a diadem. 1 large gold lentoid bead; 4 ditto. lapis; and with them fragments of a silver chain. See field notes. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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