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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17429 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold roundel. With silver inlay. [drawing] |
| 10589A | (none) | (none) | B16780 | Group A/ Beads, gold, silver, and lapis double conoids. B/ Bowl of white limestone, surface poor. Type__ C/ |
| 12362C | 30-12-565 | (none) | (none) | Group [A.1-.2] (1) Large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] (2) One large gold flower. [C] (3) Silver pin, straight type, with fluted lapis and gold head (Type V) [D] (4) Lapis and silver double conoid beads (for order see field notes) | |
| 12362D | 30-12-575 | (none) | (none) | Group [A.1-.2] (1) Large gold lunate earrings. [B.1-.2] (2) One large gold flower. [C] (3) Silver pin, straight type, with fluted lapis and gold head (Type V) [D] (4) Lapis and silver double conoid beads (for order see field notes) | |
| 17911H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group from one burial. (A) Gold frontlet. (B) 3 twisted gold hair ribbons [B and I-J], (C) 2 gold hair rings [C and K], spirally coiled with hollow lunate ends. (D) 2 necklaces [D and L], one of gold ribbed balls between agate lentoids, the other of flat agate lentoids, 1 flat barrel lapis lazuli, 2 carnelian bugles, 1 granite lentoid. 3 double conoid lapis lazuli, 1 flat barrel amber. (E) Shell cylinder seal. Obscured. (F) Silver spiral finger ring (G) 2 silver bracelets (H) Silver pin, round with square tang |
| 17911G | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group from one burial. (A) Gold frontlet. (B) 3 twisted gold hair ribbons [B and I-J], (C) 2 gold hair rings [C and K], spirally coiled with hollow lunate ends. (D) 2 necklaces [D and L], one of gold ribbed balls between agate lentoids, the other of flat agate lentoids, 1 flat barrel lapis lazuli, 2 carnelian bugles, 1 granite lentoid. 3 double conoid lapis lazuli, 1 flat barrel amber. (E) Shell cylinder seal. Obscured. (F) Silver spiral finger ring (G) 2 silver bracelets (H) Silver pin, round with square tang |
| 17911F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group from one burial. (A) Gold frontlet. (B) 3 twisted gold hair ribbons [B and I-J], (C) 2 gold hair rings [C and K], spirally coiled with hollow lunate ends. (D) 2 necklaces [D and L], one of gold ribbed balls between agate lentoids, the other of flat agate lentoids, 1 flat barrel lapis lazuli, 2 carnelian bugles, 1 granite lentoid. 3 double conoid lapis lazuli, 1 flat barrel amber. (E) Shell cylinder seal. Obscured. (F) Silver spiral finger ring (G) [G and M] 2 silver bracelets (H) Silver pin, round with square tang |
| 17912D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group from one burial. (A) [A and J] 2 Gold frontlets. (B) [B and K]2 tubular gold bracelets (C) Gold earring, spirally coiled with lunate ends (D) [D and L] 2 silver bracelets, single wire (E) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli, introductory scene, 2 standing figures and seated deity; crescent above god; (F) Necklace of gold balls between carnelian bugles, flat lentoid chalcedones, carnelian barrels, carnelian ball, agate lentoid, green chalcedone bugles. (G) Axe, type XVIII, [H-I] Copper objects [These are drawn on the field catalog card, but not assigned subdivisions by Woolley][drawing] |
| 17912L | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group from one burial. (A) [A and J] 2 Gold frontlets. (B) [B and K]2 tubular gold bracelets (C) Gold earring, spirally coiled with lunate ends (D) [D and L] 2 silver bracelets, single wire (E) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli, introductory scene, 2 standing figures and seated deity; crescent above god; (F) Necklace of gold balls between carnelian bugles, flat lentoid chalcedones, carnelian barrels, carnelian ball, agate lentoid, green chalcedone bugles. (G) Axe, type XVIII, [H-I] Copper objects [These are drawn on the field catalog card, but not assigned subdivisions by Woolley][drawing] |
| 6639J | (none) | (none) | B16396A | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639A | (none) | (none) | B16397 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639B | (none) | (none) | B16398.1 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639C | (none) | 1927,0527.77 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639D | (none) | 1927,0527.78 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639E | (none) | (none) | B16398.2 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639F | (none) | 1927,0527.79 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639G | (none) | 1927,0527.80 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639H | (none) | 1927,0527.81 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639I | (none) | 1927,0527.82 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639L | (none) | (none) | B16398.3 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639M | (none) | (none) | B16398.4 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639N | (none) | (none) | B16398.5 | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639O | (none) | (none) | B16396C | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639P | (none) | (none) | B16396D | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639Q | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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