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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11913 | 30-12-536 | (none) | (none) | Drinking tube. of silver, with short gold mouthpiece (broken) |
| 11930 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis & silver double conoids (see Field Notes) |
| 11934.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Earrings of gold and silver = a pair each composed of a spiral coil of silver wire (3 turns) diam 0033 inside which is a spiral coil (5 turns) of very thing old wire diam 002. |
| 11935 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids, carnelian bugles, carnelian rings, small lapis balls, and silver beads (decayed) See Field Notes. |
| 11953 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With lapis ball head (stem broken). [Type] V. |
| 11968 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Disk. Filigree work. Originally mounted on a silver disk which is now mostly decayed. |
| 11969A | 30-12-255B | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
| 11971 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis & silver. Double conoids and lentoids. |
| 11975C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. (A) = set of 4, 2 carnelian & 2 lapis lentoids; (B)= set of very small lapis & some carnelian; [C] with them 1 earring, spiral coil of silver wire. |
| 11994 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small lapis diamonds & balls, & some silver forming a bracelet. Also, 2 carnelian bugles. |
| 11995 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bracelet (broken) Plain circlet of fairly heavy wire. |
| 12044 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With ball head of lapis (stem broken) Type VI, B. |
| 12047 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, gold & silver, with very small carnelian rings. |
| 12056A.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group: [A.1-.2] (A) 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. (B) Lapis Lazuli beads: double conoids; (C) Copper Pin, plain head. (broken); [D-F] (D) 3 cockle shells: black & green paint. |
| 12056A.2 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group: [A.1-.2] (A) 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. (B) Lapis Lazuli beads: double conoids; (C) Copper Pin, plain head. (broken); [D-F] (D) 3 cockle shells: black & green paint. |
| 12057B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group: (A) Copper Pin bent head, Type VI, A. (B) Beads: Lapis lazuli double conoids and some silver; (C) cockle shell with paint; (D)[D.1-.2] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. |
| 12057D.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tomb Group: (A) Copper Pin bent head, Type VI, A. (B) Beads: Lapis lazuli double conoids and some silver; (C) cockle shell with paint; (D)[D.1-.2] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. |
| 12065A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. (A) Silver earring, 2 1/2 coils; (B) Silver pin, lapis ball head. Tip bent and end missing. (C) Beads; lapis double conoids. |
| 12065B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. (A) Silver earring, 2 1/2 coils; (B) Silver pin, lapis ball head. Tip bent and end missing. (C) Beads; lapis double conoids. |
| 12066A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) earring silver 2 1/2 coils, decayed. (B) [B and D] Two cockel shells; green paint. (C) [.1-.2] Beads; small lapis double conoids. |
| 12067A.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) [A.1-.2] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils. (B) [B.1-.3] lapis double conoid beads. |
| 12068C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Beads: Large lapis double conoids and a few silver. (B) Cylinder seal, shell, decayed. Rampant animals - crossed. hopeless (C) Silver earring, fragmentary. |
| 12072A.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) [A.1-.2] Two silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. (B) Cockle shells containing paint: badly broken. |
| 12073B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Beads: lapis lazuli double conoids small. (B) earring, silver 2 1/2 coils. |
| 12076B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Beads; lapis lazuli & silver rectangular, large. (B) Silver earring, 2 1/2 coils. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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