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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9604C | (none) | 1928,1010.290 | (none) | 4 Silver Finger Rings [A-D] 2 1/2 coils. | |
| 9604D | (none) | 1928,1010.290 | (none) | 4 Silver Finger Rings [A-D] 2 1/2 coils. | |
| 9605 | (none) | 1928,1010.288 | (none) | Copper Finger Ring Single coil | |
 | 9622A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair of earrings Silver and copper 4 earrings in all; one silver and one copper attached together on each ear. [drawing] |
| 9623A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 Necklaces 3 separate strings all from same grave; gold double conoids and ball beads; on copper cores, silver flattened double conoids, lapis lazenges, ball beads, double conoids, carnelian double conoids, minute ring beads. 1 Agate lentoid 1 jasper lentoid 1 shell? bead [drawing] For order of stringing cf. Field Note. |
| 9628 | (none) | (none) | B16929 | Beads Silver, carnelian, agate, and lapis in their original order (see Field Notes) forming a separate necklace | |
| 9629 | (none) | (none) | B16930 | Beads Silver, carnelian, lapis, copper and paste: original order noted in Field Notes: forming a separate necklace. | |
| 9630A | (none) | (none) | B16931.1 | [A-B] Silver Bracelets Two, one worn on each wrist; plain thick silver wire, open ends. | |
| 9630B | (none) | (none) | B16931.2 | [[A-B] Silver Bracelets Two, one worn on each wrist; plain thick silver wire, open ends. | |
| 9631 | (none) | (none) | B16932 | Finger rings 4, of which 2 are broken; plain silver hoops | |
| 9632 | (none) | (none) | B16933 | Silver Pin Plain rounded head Type IX | |
| 9635 | (none) | (none) | B16936 | Silver finger ring A double hoop of plain thin wire | |
| 9639 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Gold, carnelian, lapis, agate, and silver. In original order( see Field Notes) |
| 9649 | (none) | 1928,1010.701 | (none) | Silver earrings. Loops of 2 1/2 spiral coils of thin silver wire. 1 ring partly broken. |
| 9683 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Small lapis diamonds and silver-plate beads Found by the pin 9682 and probably used to fasten to it the cylinder seal 9681 |
| 9684 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ring, silver Double hoop of plain wire. |
| 9686A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair Silver Bracelets Plain wire hoop, broken and in poor condition. |
| 9700 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold and silver earring 3 large lunar rings; the two outer rings in silver, the inner ring in gold. One silver wire suspender missing. |
| 9704A | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Strings of beads. (a) Long double conoid lapis beads; 1 carnelian ditto; 1 chrysoprase? [not legible] ditto; 4 tubular agate beads; silver ball beads. (for order of stringing see Field Note) (b) 12 gold tubular beads; 8 gold diamonds; 7 carnelian diamonds; 1 banded crystal tube; 9 lapis tubes; 4 carnelian tubes; decayed silver diamonds and double conoids. (for order see Field Notes) |
| 9704B | (none) | (none) | (none) | 2 Strings of beads. (a) Long double conoid lapis beads; 1 carnelian ditto; 1 chrysoprase? [not legible] ditto; 4 tubular agate beads; silver ball beads. (for order of stringing see Field Note) (b) 12 gold tubular beads; 8 gold diamonds; 7 carnelian diamonds; 1 banded crystal tube; 9 lapis tubes; 4 carnelian tubes; decayed silver diamonds and double conoids. (for order see Field Notes) |
| 9708A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Bangles. (4) [A-B] 2 silver, [C-D] 2 copper. Copper bangles are heavy C-shaped pieces, adhering to one of these part of a silver bangle of similar shape but lighter and thinner. Both silver bangles badly broken. |
| 9708B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Bangles. (4) [A-B] 2 silver, [C-D] 2 copper. Copper bangles are heavy C-shaped pieces, adhering to one of these part of a silver bangle of similar shape but lighter and thinner. Both silver bangles badly broken. |
| 9711 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin Elongated knob head Tip missing Rounded in section, broken in 2 pieces. [drawing] 1:1 Type I |
| 9726A | (none) | (none) | B17026 | [A-B] 2 copper? Earrings. Corroded together. Solid ends. [drawing] | |
| 9727 | (none) | (none) | B17027 | 1 Silver earring Flat, lunar ends [drawing] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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