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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | (none) | (none) | (none) | B16995A | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16995B | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16995C | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16995D | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16995E | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16995F | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B16995G | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17020 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17555 | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17556 | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17558 | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-429 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-486D | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-486E | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | 30-12-486F | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | 30-12-490 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-506 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-512 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 30-12-605 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 10012 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lump of silver Very solid and heavy: it looks as if it might once have been an inscribed tablet, but it is completely decayed and the surface perished |
| 10014 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Dagger The blade is of gold, leaf shaped with central rib The hilt has a gold guard studded with gold nails: the grip was of silver-plate over wood, the pommel of silver-plate studded with gold. The sheath was of silver. The silver of the hilt has perished altogether: the sheath is preserved in poor condition. It was fixed to a silver belt |
| 10016 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver tool Hung on a thin gold ring, which was attached to the silver belt |
| 10017 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Belt Fragments of Found lying round the waist |
| 10019E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-P] Earrings. Gold and Silver. Spirals of wire. [A-D] 4 of gold, [E-P] 12 of silver. There were other silver examples too broken to be kept: all the silver is much corroded. Two of the gold rings were inside silver ones (the latter a good deal broken). |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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Inorganic Remains > Metal > Silver