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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8605A | (none) | (none) | B17554 | [A] Silver wire. Finely twisted 2-ply wire and [B] fragments of a silver tube(?) | |
 | 8600C | (none) | (none) | B17559 | [A-C] Silver rings. Three. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. |
| 8600B | (none) | (none) | B17559 | [A-C] Silver rings. Three. Each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. |
| 8600A | (none) | (none) | B17559 | [A-C] Silver rings Three Each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire | |
| 8599 | (none) | (none) | B17553 | Silver bracelet. Plain silver wire circlet. | |
| 8598 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin(?) Flat blade rolled over at the end: round shaft ending in a point. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8573 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earrings. A pair. Plain circlets of silver wire. |
| 8545.2 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Silver earrings Ring-shaped A pair, each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of plain silver wire |
| 8545.1 | (none) | 1928,1009.193 | (none) | [.1-.2] Silver earrings Ring-shaped A pair, each made of 2 1/2 spiral coils of plain silver wire |
| 8531C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Finger-rings Silver Made of plain silver wire One intact, 2 broken |
| 8531B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Finger-rings Silver Made of plain silver wire One intact, 2 broken |
| 8531A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Finger-rings Silver Made of plain silver wire One intact, 2 broken |
| 8524B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver diadem Broken It appears to be formed of 2 separate parts: (A) A strip of thin silver plate (apparently plain) 0022 wide and about 018 long tapering to curved ends wherein are attachment holes: and (B) A strip of thin silver 005 wide twisted with a spiral coil so as to act as a spring: this appeared to be attached to (A) and to go round the back of the head. |
| 8524A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver diadem Broken It appears to be formed of 2 separate parts: (A) A strip of thin silver plate (apparently plain) 0022 wide and about 018 long tapering to curved ends wherein are attachment holes: and (B) A strip of thin silver 005 wide twisted with a spiral coil so as to act as a spring: this appeared to be attached to (A) and to go round the back of the head. |
| 8523B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver earrings A pair, made of 3 1/2 spiral coils of plain silver wire. |
| 8523A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver earrings. A pair, made of 3 1/2 spiral coils of plain silver wire. |
| 8497 | (none) | (none) | (none) | String of beads Worn over a silver diadem round the forehead. String consists of minute lapis ball beads and of oblong rectangular gold and lapis spacers. Gold and lapis spacers strung alternately with lapis and carnelian beads placed alternately between each spacer. Carnelian beads all minute ring beads. The silver diadem was entirely broken and destroyed. 6 gold spacers; 6 lapis lazuli spacers. |
| 8493 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver ring 2 1/2 coils of fairly thick silver wire |
| 8466E | (none) | (none) | B17613 | [A-E] 5 weights, [A-D] 4 hematite, [E] 1 silver lentoid. hematite - 1 lentoid, 1 conoid, 1 ovoid, 1 roughly cylindrical, slightly bigger at base than at top. weights: Types I, II, III, IV. |
| 8440B | (none) | (none) | (none) | A+B 2 silver earrings 2 1/2 coils |
| 8440A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils. |
| 8439 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. 29 beads in all 10 barrel carnelian, 4 silver double conoids the rest lapis double conoids. Found in ground in following order: 1 silver 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 hematite?? 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 large lapis 1 silver 3 lapis 1 carnelian 4 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian 2 lapis 1 carnelian 1 silver 1 carnelian ETC Carnelian barrel beads, silver and lapis double conoids. |
| 8428 | (none) | (none) | B17080 | Axe head Silver [drawing] Type A3. | |
| 8408 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver ring. One and a half coils. |
| 8405B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair of silver rings. Corroded together. 2 1/2 coils. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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