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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10026 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads A set of silver ring pendants, much decayed, strung with carnelian bugles and small lapis beads (found in confusion) |
| 10030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Rings (finger rings?) and a twisted coil of narrow silver ribbon, all corroded together. |
| 10031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval, with base Exactly like the gold example from the same grave: the foot is slightly developed Base burst in TYPE__ |
| 10032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval A good deal distorted & cracked |
| 10033 | (none) | (none) | B17529 | Silver Bowl Oval Resembling U.10031 badly smashed up |
| 10035 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Libation Jug Silver In very good condition, but adhering to U.10036. [drawing 1:5] [struck out: XXVIII] Type 84 (new) |
| 10052A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |
| 10090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Large lentoids, 2 lapis, 1 silver, 2 bitumen(broken) NB the carnelian rings probably went between the large beads |
| 10093 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin With plain lapis ball head Type V |
| 10141 | (none) | 1935,0113.745 | (none) | Tablet ?? Flat piece of silver? Tablet?? Nothing legible | |
| 10155 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. Very thin silver. |
| 10163 | (none) | (none) | B17531 | Copper Bowl Type LXXXIV | |
| 10164A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Finger Rings 1 1/2 coils of thin silver Adhering to rim of copper bowl U10163. |
| 10176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin Upper portion of stem bent over Small silver ball head Rounded in section at top; square in middle and rounded below Type VI Variant [drawing 1:1] |
| 10301A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 SILVER BANGLES Single coil. Ends loose. Unusually small in diameter for bangles but definitely found on wrist. When actually worn the two ends of the bangle must have been some distance apart on the wrist. |
| 10306 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earring Flattened lunate ends [drawing] |
| 10313 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Bangle Lapis & silver double conoids on wooden cores Minute gold, lapis and silver balls For order of stringing cf. Field Note |
| 10314A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Finger Rings Two & a half coils one broken |
| 10334A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Rings Ear Rings 2 1/2 coils good condition |
| 10335A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Finger Rings 2 1/2 coils one broken & part missing one complete |
| 10339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Silver and lapis double conoids Apparently the centre of the necklace consisted of silver and lapis beads, the ends of lapis only |
| 10351 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Lapis & silver double conoids 3 strings cf. Field Note |
| 10352 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin Lapis ball head with silver cap under side Type V |
| 10357A | (none) | 1928,1010.692 | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver earrings Solid lunate ends, unusually small | |
| 10402 | (none) | 1928,1010.357 | (none) | Copper Pin With lapis ball head capped with silver (broken) Type V |
Related Terms
Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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