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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10831B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group A. Beads: lapis double conoids and some silver. B. Silver pin with lapis head. Type V. C.[C and E] 2 silver earrings, wire spiral coils. D. finger ring of very thin gold wire. [struck out: "E."] |
| 10831C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group A. Beads: lapis double conoids and some silver. B. Silver pin with lapis head. Type V. C.[C and E] 2 silver earrings, wire spiral coils. D. finger ring of very thin gold wire. [struck out: "E."] |
| 10832A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. (A) Beads. Lapis and silver and 1 - carnelian. (B) [B-C] 2 silver earrings wire spiral coils |
| 10832B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. (A) Beads. Lapis and silver and 1 - carnelian. (B) [B-C] 2 silver earrings wire spiral coils |
| 10833B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group A. Beads: lapis double conoids. B. [B and D] 2 silver earrings, wire spiral coils C. Copper pin with bent stem and plain ball head (broken) Type VI B? |
| 10834B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group. (A) Beads. Lapis lentoids and carnelian rings. (B) [B and D] 2 silver earrings wire spiral coils. (C) Cockle shell containing paint. |
| 10835A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Harness. A. Silver collars of oxen. Fragments of several, all decorated with a pattern of squares containing eyes, and all are of thin metal and had been fixed to a background now disappeared. B. With these, large silver rings found in the noses of the oxen |
| 10835B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Harness. A. Silver collars of oxen. Fragments of several, all decorated with a pattern of squares containing eyes, and all are of thin metal and had been fixed to a background now disappeared. B. With these, large silver rings found in the noses of the oxen |
| 10855A | (none) | (none) | B17068 | [A] Silver Pot A good deal distorted but complete [drawing] Type XXXIII Inside it and projecting above the rim is [B] a gold drinking tube of very thin metal much broken up | |
| 10857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler The straight sides are fluted and at the top the flutings end in points made by a double line chevron fashion, above which is a band of herring-bone design. (NB. the engraving not really visible) The vase is flattened & distorted [Type] LXVI |
| 10858A | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| 10859 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Saucer With flat base and straight sides fastened by corrosion to the side of U.10855 [line drawing] See type 28 |
| 10860 | (none) | (none) | B17082B | Silver Libation Jug Type XXIX [drawing] Corroded on to this are the tumbler U.10861 and a silver vessel, broken, of uncertain shape, probably a bowl. | |
| 10861 | (none) | (none) | B17082a | Silver Tumbler Exactly like U.10857 Corroded on to U.10860 | |
| 10862 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Patten Umbilical, with flat border and raised rim Broken and distorted [Type] XXVIII |
| 10863 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Cup or small tumbler Straight-sided with flattened base Type XLIX |
| 10864 | (none) | 1928,1010.138 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval With differentiated oval base, slight rim, and marked ribs at ends from base to rim: crushed and distorted. On the middle of each side, just below the rim, a lug made of a double silver tube to take a wire handle Type__ |
| 10865 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Originally circular: now broken and distorted: slightly raised circular flat base Probably hemispherical [Type] III |
| 10886 | (none) | (none) | B17081 | Silver Lamp Usual type: in good condition | |
| 10887 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin with lapis ball head capped with gold Type V |
| 10888 | (none) | 1928,1010.126 | (none) | Silver Pin with lapis ball head (stem broken) Type V |
| 10891 | (none) | (none) | B17077 | Silver Bowl Oval with 3 bands of fluting on the sides; 2 double silver wire handle is fixed to the 2 small lugs in the middle of each side Type LXXXIII | |
| 10892 | (none) | (none) | B17072 | Silver Tumbler Fluted sides, engraving round rim (flattened but intact) [Type] LXVI |
| 10893 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler Exactly like U.10892 one side damaged & a bit missing [Type] LXVI |
| 10894 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler Fluted Exactly like U.10892 badly broken |
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