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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17787A | (none) | 1932,1008.107 | (none) | Beads. 2 double conoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 5 double conoid silver. 3 barrel agate. 31 flat lentoid agate. 1 flat lentoid steatite. Necklace of 17 agates, rectangular with vesical section. Necklace of 23 lentoid agates and 14 gold balls. |
| 17787B | (none) | 1932,1008.119 | (none) | Beads. 2 double conoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 5 double conoid silver. 3 barrel agate. 31 flat lentoid agate. 1 flat lentoid steatite. Necklace of 17 agates, rectangular with vesical section. Necklace of 23 lentoid agates and 14 gold balls. |
| 17787C | 32-40-229 | (none) | (none) | Beads. 2 double conoid carnelian. 1 lentoid carnelian. 5 double conoid silver. 3 barrel agate. 31 flat lentoid agate. 1 flat lentoid steatite. Necklace of 17 agates, rectangular with vesical section. Necklace of 23 lentoid agates and 14 gold balls. | |
| 11223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 2 lapis: lentoids, facetted, one broken. Wood (?) lentoid, 2 carnelian rings, also one silver earring. |
| 12266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 2 large silver lentoids.; 2 large facetted lapis lazuli bugles; 1 large facetted carnelian double conoid, also fragment of a greenish steatite cylinder seal with horned deity. |
| 10929 | (none) | 1928,1010.184 | (none) | Beads. A few only, of lapis and silver, lentoids: found together & apart from any other beads. |
| 10596 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. A few; one large lapis and some small mixed beads of lapis, carnelian and silver. |
| 8644 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Bugles of lapis (and hematite?). Silver beads and a few carnelian rings. For order see field notes. |
| 12642 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian bugle and remains of silver bugle on a wooden core. |
| 8620 | (none) | 1928,1009.83 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian double conoids, and a few silver ditto, large. The silver much decayed. |
| 12303 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings. Lapis barrels, double conoids, balls, flattened truncated cone. A few silver. |
| 9754 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. From a string of small lapis beads alternating with silver, the silver mostly perished, many of the lapis are mixed up with 9753. |
| 11579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold balls, very small; silver balls, silver diamonds, agate lentoids. 1 long carnelian bugle; 1 large agate two-eyed pendant. |
| 11535 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold, silver, carnelian & lapis. 4 large carnelian & 2 silver diamonds, the rest small balls, etc. See Field Notes. |
| 11827 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis & silver bugles, double conoids & balls (see Field Notes). |
| 11930 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis & silver double conoids (see Field Notes) |
| 11971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis & silver. Double conoids and lentoids. |
| 8753 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis and silver. |
| 12297 | (none) | 1929,1017.300 | (none) | Beads. Lapis barrels & ovoids and some silver. |
| 11884 | (none) | 1929,1017.328 | (none) | Beads. Lapis bugles & carnelian rings from a wreath of silver beech leaves. 1-kept. |
| 11147.3 | (none) | (none) | B17633 | Beads. Lapis bugles and carnelian rings being the remains of a headdress (the rest had been plundered). |
| 8376A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis bugles, small, and carnelian rings. These went to complete the triple collar with silver rings attached. See field notes item 8. |
| 19866 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis date-shaped and carnelian and silver date (large) lapis and silver balls (small) (for order see field notes) |
| 11718 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids & 2 carnelians; also a pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings. |
| 11935 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids, carnelian bugles, carnelian rings, small lapis balls, and silver beads (decayed) See Field Notes. |
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