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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9556 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ear-ring Double: a gold and a silver spiral each with lunate ends, interlaced. |
| 9547B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 4 Ear Rings Two silver, two copper. Silver and copper linked together to form pair. [drawing] |
| 9547A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 4 Ear Rings Two silver, two copper. Silver and copper linked together to form pair. [drawing] |
| 9545 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace 40 silver ball beads, many corroded together; 1 gold double conoid; 1 banded sard; 3 lapis (2 ball beads, 1 double conoid) |
| 9544 | (none) | (none) | B17579 | Finger ring. Silver. 2 coils. [drawing] | |
| 9543B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair. earrings. Silver. 2 silver beads corroded to one of them. [drawing] |
| 9543A | (none) | (none) | B17580 | [A-B] Pair. earrings. Silver. 2 silver beads corroded to one of them. [drawing] | |
| 9541B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair of earrings. Silver. 1 - broken. [drawing] |
| 9541A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Pair of earrings. Silver. 1 - broken. [drawing] |
| 9540 | (none) | (none) | B17682 | Ear Ring Silver [drawing] |
| 9537B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads A/ Short string, long carnelian bugle, and 3 smaller ditto., separated by silver balls. B/ Diamond shaped lapis beads alternating with flat silver-plate beads. [drawing] C/ Mixed string of small gold fluted balls, lapis, carnelian, agate and paste, restrung mostly in original order (see Field Notes) except that there are no silver beads: in the field notes the 2 strings B & C were probably confused) |
| 9537A | (none) | (none) | B16918 | Beads A/ Short string, long carnelian bugle, and 3 smaller ditto., separated by silver balls. B/ Diamond shaped lapis beads alternating with flat silver-plate beads. [drawing] C/ Mixed string of small gold fluted balls, lapis, carnelian, agate and paste, restrung mostly in original order (see Field Notes) except that there are no silver beads: in the field notes the 2 strings B & C were probably confused) | |
| 9533 | (none) | (none) | B16914 | Earring: silver Two spiral rings, each with heavy lunar ends, interlaced | |
| 9532 | (none) | (none) | B16913 | Earring: silver a double ring of plain wire | |
| 9524 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earring Of base silver(?) or copper [drawing] |
| 9365 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Decorated silver disk with central boss of electrum. d. 0.09 m. In poor condition. |
| 9364 | (none) | 1928,1009.185 | (none) | Silver bowl with long trough spout, with body finely fluted and engraved, the base outside has an eight petalled flower engraved upon it. Found inside two copper bowls. From the pre-historic graves? (Illustrated Harmsworth Universal History. part 5. facing p.481 : in color.) [card seems to be a replacement] |
| 9362 | 47-29-316 | (none) | B17085 | Set of silver toilet instruments, tweezers, knife, and two stilettos suspended from a silver ring. No case was found with set. [card seems to be a replacement] | |
| 9334B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver vases Spouted (A) In remarkably good condition, but the spout has been bent back touching the rim. (B) Exactly similar, but the lower part is broken and badly warped |
| 9334A | (none) | (none) | B17805 | Silver vases Spouted (A) In remarkably good condition, but the spout has been bent back touching the rim. (B) Exactly similar, but the lower part is broken and badly warped |
| 9327 | (none) | (none) | B16801 | Beads Very small gold beds, small lapis, and silver disks: also, one long bugle of bloodstone. For order see Field Notes. | |
| 9325B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A]Finger ring and [B] earrings. Silver. Finger ring of plain silver wire. Earrings complicated, three sets of spiral lunar-ended coils hang one from the other. [drawing] |
| 9325A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A]Finger ring and [B] earrings. Silver. Finger ring of plain silver wire. Earrings complicated, three sets of spiral lunar-ended coils hang one from the other. [drawing] |
| 9305 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver head ornament(?) [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Lapis and silver, with 1 carnelian. Shape [refers to drawing] [drawing] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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