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.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
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.
6644	(none)	1927,0527.74	(none)	Silver situla. Fragment. With silver handle hinged onto the rim. E.
6656	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bowl with handle. Base silver. E.
6797	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pendant. Silver. Set with Lapiz lazuli. E.
6799	(none)	(none)	B16369	Ring. Silver. E. [drawing 1:1]
6800	(none)	(none)	B16370	Pendant. Silver. Embossed. Round and convex. 3 holes pierced in top covered with lapis and silver beads and two silver filigree
6801	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver filigree. [drawing 1:1]. E.
6802	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Silver and lapis lazuli with one paste bead and one paste ring.
7532A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings. Silver. Late Kassite? [drawing 1:1] Also with Pot Type CXLIX Found with 7 iron arrowheads U [7526?]
7532B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings. Silver. Late Kassite? [drawing 1:1] Also with Pot Type CXLIX Found with 7 iron arrowheads U [7526?]
7591	(none)	(none)	(none)	Earring. Silver. Ovoid, indented circumference. [drawing 1:1]
7623	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bangle. Silver. Poor condition. Small piece missing. Found with U.7624, 7575, 7567
7644	(none)	1928,1009.98	(none)	Necklace. 12 double conoid carnelian beads. 5 double conoid silver beads. 1 dark green lentoid, basic diorite? All charred by fire.
7890A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two silver finger rings. One [A] is penannular, the wire thicker in the middle than at the ends; the wire of the second [B] is of the same thickness throughout, and the ends meet.
7935	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ring. Silver. 2 1/2 coils. [drawing]
7944	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace 93 lapis lazuli double conoid 11 carnelian ring beads 1 carnelian bugle bead 2 lots of silver ball beads in groups of 4 and 3
7948	(none)	(none)	B16769	Ring. Silver. 3 coils. [drawing] not to scale.
7950	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ring. Silver. 3 coils.
7952A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings. Gold and silver. A spiral ring of gold with thickened lobe ends supports a similar gold ring; from this hangs a similar ring of silver (the silver ring is in each case broken). [drawing]
7952B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings. Gold and silver. A spiral ring of gold with thickened lobe ends supports a similar gold ring; from this hangs a similar ring of silver (the silver ring is in each case broken). [drawing]
7958	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads of carnelian etc. From a bracelet. 2 carnelian, 4 jasper (blood stone), lentoid bugles, 4 silver ball beads, 1 gold plated copper ball bead (decayed).