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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17039.2 | 31-43-222B | (none) | (none) | Earrings. Silver. [.1-.2] A pair. Type same as U.17030. |
| 17039.1 | 31-43-222A | (none) | (none) | Earrings. Silver. [.1-.2] A pair. Type same as U.17030. | |
| 17036B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver earrings. A pair. Circular with 5 pendants from each ring consisting of a conglomeration of small globular, circular in appearance. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17036A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver earrings. A pair. Circular with 5 pendants from each ring consisting of a conglomeration of small globular, circular in appearance. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Larger beads formed a necklace, smaller a bracelet carnelian discoids, rings, balls. Glass paste balls. Miniature glass paste puzuzu heads. 1 silver ball bead. [additional notes on back of card] |
| 17030C | (none) | 1931,1010.266 | (none) | [A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Bottle like pendant decorated with a leaf flap on each of its 4 sides ending in an umbilical base and suspended by a [C] shaped pin. [drawing] | |
| 17030B | (none) | 1931,1010.266 | (none) | [A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Bottle like pendant decorated with a leaf flap on each of its 4 sides ending in an umbilical base and suspended by a [C] shaped pin. [drawing] | |
| 17030A | (none) | 1931,1010.266 | (none) | [A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Bottle like pendant decorated with a leaf flap on each of its 4 sides ending in an umbilical base and suspended by a [C] shaped pin. [drawing] | |
| 17023B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Each earring has 3 sets of wider pendants, each pendant consisting of four globules. [drawing] |
| 17023A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Each earring has 3 sets of wider pendants, each pendant consisting of four globules. [drawing] |
| 16761 | (none) | 1931,1010.271 | (none) | Silver finger Ring. With oval bezel-engraved. |
| 16702A.2 | 31-43-221B | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.2] Pair of earrings. With 4 bunches of grapes, pendant each ring. [drawing] | |
| 16702A.1 | 31-43-221A | (none) | (none) | [A.1-.2] Pair of earrings. With 4 bunches of grapes, pendant each ring. [drawing] | |
| 16676 | 31-43-210 | (none) | (none) | Silver bangle. Circular. Ends overlapping. Broken in 2 pieces. | |
| 16657B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Earrings, pair. Silver(?) with pendants in shape of bunches of grapes. Normal Persian type - 5 bunches from each ring. [C] Also a few beads, glass paste balls, and small carnelian rings and lentoids. |
| 16657A | (none) | 1931,1010.268 | (none) | [A-B] Earrings, pair. Silver(?) with pendants in shape of bunches of grapes. Normal Persian type - 5 bunches from each ring. [C] Also a few beads, glass paste balls, and small carnelian rings and lentoids. |
| 16384 | (none) | 1931,1010.269 | (none) | Beads. Minute silver and glass balls. |
| 16362 | (none) | 1931,1010.272 | (none) | Bronze finger ring with oval-shaped bezel. | |
| 16320 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Finger ring. silver. 3 strands of wire and fine embossed work in between. |
| 16216 | (none) | 1931,1010.264 | (none) | Mountings, gold-plated. Probably from a small stone box(?) 12 in all. The gold is a thin strip mounted on silver rods, from which project at the back short pegs for attachment - the gold is apparently soldered onto the silver, but the edges are turned down over it for better attachment. With these were nails of plain gold or of copper with gold heads; and some minute gold beads for fastening the edges of gold casing: 2 plain gold; 10 gold-headed, 4 beads; & a few fragments of gold leaf. BurSin NW man.p.3. |
| 15705B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads and [B] Silver finger ring: carnelian & agate bugles, 1 gold ring bead, silver finger ring is of flat strip metal, ends overlapping. |
| 15705A | (none) | 1930,1213.101 | (none) | [A] Beads and [B] Silver finger ring: carnelian & agate bugles, 1 gold ring bead, silver finger ring is of flat strip metal, ends overlapping. |
| 15704 | 31-17-144 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Silver, agate, shell & carnelian mixed. | |
| 15486 | (none) | 1930,1213.25 | (none) | Bronze finger ring. Flat oval bezel. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 15485 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pendant. earring(?) [drawing 1:1] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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