Metal
Metals are material, element, compound, or alloy that is hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and is malleable. They can be hammered or cast into various shapes. Soft metals like gold and silver have been used longer, with metals such as copper, bronze, and iron coming later. Alloys are the creation of a new material from the combination of two or more elements in a certain proportion. Most of the time it is hard to tell the alloys apart from original elements, like in the case of copper. This is why they are grouped together below. Metals are usually used for tools, weapons, vessels, and statues.
Metals are material, element, compound, or alloy that is hard, opaque, shiny and has good electrical and thermal conductivity, and is malleable. They can be hammered or cast into various shapes. Soft metals like gold and silver have been used longer, with metals such as copper, bronze, and iron coming later. Alloys are the creation of a new material from the combination of two or more elements in a certain proportion. Most of the time it is hard to tell the alloys apart from original elements, like in the case of copper. This is why they are grouped together below. Metals are usually used for tools, weapons, vessels, and statues.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 691 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze finger ring. Plain wire, the ends overlapping. |
| 698A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Bronze finger rings. (4) (A fifth was broken and therefore chucked) of flattened bronze. |
| 789 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze seal. Engraved with a lion walking l. Persian style. [drawing 1:1] |
| 804 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Strip of leaf gold. Pierced with 2 holes at each end, by the corners, and 2 holes close together by either edge, at the middle. Probably for sewing on to a leather belt. |
| 839 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Iron dagger. Broken into 5 pieces, then extreme tip missing, with it an iron object, thus [drawing 1:1] probably end of a scabbard or hilt. |
| 840A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Iron arrowheads (4). A fifth of the same type as A, is corroded to A and part of a 6th is corroded on to B. [drawing 1:1] [A,B, and C are all definitely shown, presumably the 4th drawing belongs to D; however, it is unlabeled.] |
| 841A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Bronze bracelets pair of. Of round fluted bronze wire, the ends flattened out and superficially engraved. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1000 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze figure. Zembilje type, ending in nail-like point rather unusually long, not inscribed. Period UR-ENGUR. Sent to Baghdad. |
| 1124 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze arrowhead. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1158 | (none) | (none) | B15760 | Bronze arrowhead. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1170 | (none) | (none) | B15753 | Copper (or bronze) fish hook. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1203 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze arrowhead. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1205 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze ring. Incised bezel, grazing ibex, the hoof broken. [drawing] |
| 1221 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Crumpled fragment of gold foil. |
| 1222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small 3-barbed bronze arrowhead with socket for shaft. |
| 1353 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Leg and hoof (of bull?). Thin gold leaf. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1362 | (none) | (none) | B15756 | Bronze implement. (Drill?): square in section. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1399 | (none) | (none) | B15757 | Bronze spatula. Like U.1398. With beads adhering. P. | |
| 1426A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Bronze rings (4) |
| 1427 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze ring |
| 1428 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze implement. With edge at rounded end. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1429 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze implement. Spoon shaped. P. [drawing] |
| 1511 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earring. Broken. Thin gold: boat shaped. [drawing] |
| 1557 | (none) | (none) | B15758 | Bronze ring. Plain circle. P. | |
| 1576 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ring. Plain circle, thin gold; probably part of an ornament. [drawing] |
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