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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9766 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earring Gold and silver A gold coil with lunate ends interlaced with silver ditto Type __ |
| 9767 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold balls, agate lentoids, and some silver balls; mostly in original order: see Field Notes. |
| 9768A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Bracelets, silver A pair Plain wire hoops with open ends (one broken) |
| 9777A | (none) | (none) | B17550 | [A-B] Spindles A pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender | |
| 9777B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Spindles a pair Silver spindles with lapis whorls both very slender (broken into 4 pieces and whorl also separate.) |
| 9783 | (none) | (none) | B17677 | Beads 14 gold ring spacers and a quantity of small lapis beads and carnelian rings: for order see Field Notes. With them are mixed the smaller lapis beads mentioned in the Field Notes as probably belonging to the headdress. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 9785 | (none) | (none) | B17005 | Silver Head Ornament shaped as a lotus(?) flower with long stem and 7 points (petals?) tipped with lapis balls. Broken a few bits missing. [drawing] | |
| 9786B | (none) | 1928,1010.698 | (none) | [A-B] Silver wire ornaments Apparently 7, of which 6 are whole or nearly so [drawing] They seem to have been connected with silver headdress 9785, with which they were found, and might have been attached to a narrow silver ribbon found with it, or to the string of very small beads: they were not with the gold rings | |
| 9787 | (none) | (none) | B17588 | Gilt Ornaments. Short copper rods, 006 long, originally encased with very thin gold. Some of these had attached to one end of them 2 small gold leaves: others had a gold flower rosette and the gold leaf had come off. Probably part of the head ornament 9785. Others had a rim round the stem near but not at the end: and there were found fragments of hollow gold leaf-like balls which may have gone above these so as rather to resemble a pomegranate. The copper stems were pierced with very small holes 0005 apart so must have served as spacers for beads, or else been sewn onto something. One of the gold flowers was fixed to a double silver bead, and to one also silver rosettes were similarly attached. [additional drawing on back of card] [drawing] |
| 9797 | (none) | 1928,1010.129 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval form With engraved line round rim and 3 slightly raised ribs [drawing] It forms part of a mass of broken copper vessels corroded together, and the full details of it cannot be seen. (nos. 11-14 in Field Notes) [Type] LXXXVII |
| 9798 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Chain 4 fragment, in bad condition: The same type as the heavy gold chain found elsewhere |
| 9800A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. (A) Consisting of 2 strings of beads. Upper string: 2 small lapis double conoids and 2 silver diamonds strung alternately; silver beads decayed. (B) Lower string: 2 carnelian double conoids, 1 glazed lentoid strung alternatively; glazed beads mostly perished. |
| 9816 | (none) | 1928,1010.269 | (none) | Silver Pin Tip missing Possibly a hair pin. cf. Field Note. Rounded in section [drawing] Type IX |
| 9818 | (none) | 1928,1010.271 | (none) | Silver Bangle Broken and part missing [drawing] | |
| 9830 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver bracelet. Broken. [drawing] |
| 9853 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ear Rings 3 attached to one another; the largest being of copper with flattened lunate ends, the 2 smaller, single coils of silver? |
| 9863C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Gold Chains. [C] 1 silver chain. (badly broken, poor condition) [D] 1 large facetted gold lentoid base; [E] 4 large facetted lapis lentoid beads; Gold chains, normal type with double twisted links giving a square section. Silver chain similar. Worn round the head. For details see Field Note. |
| 9869 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin with 1 silver earring corroded on to one end. Flattened lunate ends. Pin has elongated knob head. Type I. |
| 9880 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earring Lunate ends |
| 9920 | (none) | (none) | B17585 | Beads Lapis double conoids and a few silver balls |
| 9921 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Silver balls and lapis double conoids. (from the neck) |
| 9922A.1 | (none) | 1928,1010.694 | (none) | [A.1-.2] Pair, (one broken) earrings Silver Large spiral type and three others, rather larger and thicker, same type |
| 9930 | (none) | (none) | B17589 | Beads. Very small. Rings of lapis, white paste and silver. |
| 9935A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Silver earring with lunate ends. (B) Fragments of a silver charm: 1 - gold lentoid bead; 1 lapis ditto; 1 carnelian ring bead. |
| 9935B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Silver earring with lunate ends. (B) Fragments of a silver charm: 1 - gold lentoid bead; 1 lapis ditto; 1 carnelian ring bead. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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