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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11480 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. Mostly hidden by 2 silver coiled wire earrings through which it passes. [drawing 1:1] |
| 11493 | (none) | 1929,1017.494 | (none) | Beads. Small lapis diamonds and a few silver. Also silver rings found with the beads, and silver earrings. |
| 11501 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small lapis & carnelian & silver. see Field Notes. |
| 11535 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold, silver, carnelian & lapis. 4 large carnelian & 2 silver diamonds, the rest small balls, etc. See Field Notes. |
| 11550B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler. |
| 11550C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler. |
| 11550A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler. |
| 11576A | (none) | 1929,1017.40 | (none) | Earring. Copper & gold. [A] A large coil of copper with lunate ends, inside which was a smaller [B] similar one of gold: this probably hung from the former. (with this are 3 largish facetted lentoid beads, 2 of lapis, one of silver, from the same grave). |
| 11578A | (none) | 1935,0113.402 | (none) | Group. [A-B] 2 Copper toe rings. [C-D] 2 silver earrings, spirals with lunate ends. [E] 1 silver finger ring, 4 coils of a spiral of silver wire. | |
| 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. |
| 11593B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. [A] (1) Copper knife (broken). [B] (2) Silver earrings with lunate ends. [C] (3) A few diamond-shaped beads of silver and dark steatite. |
| 11593C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. [A] (1) Copper knife (broken). [B] (2) Silver earrings with lunate ends. [C] (3) A few diamond-shaped beads of silver and dark steatite. |
| 11594 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Frontlet. With this, 3 beads (2 copper balls and 1 big carnelian bugle), 2 silver earrings with lunate ends, and a copper reticule. |
| 11706 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Ring. Plain thin gold wire & 2 silver spiral-coiled wire hair-rings. |
| 11717 | (none) | 1929,1017.246 | (none) | Beads. Silver lentoids & lapis & carnelian lentoids. Long slender gold double conoids & carnelian rings. (see Field Notes) |
| 11718 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids & 2 carnelians; also a pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings. |
| 11729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. String of lapis lentoids with 1 carnelian, 1 copper, & 1 silver bead. |
| 11737 | (none) | 1929,1017.560 | (none) | Pin. Copper with lapis ball head. Type V. |
| 11738 | (none) | 1929,1017.561 | (none) | Pin. Copper with lapis ball head (stem broken). Type V. | |
| 11744E | (none) | 1929,1017.275 | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11777 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Type XIX. |
| 11778A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Silver Rings (20) and [B] lapis lazuli buttons (26) worn at the waist, either on a belt or on the fringe of a short cloak: see Field Notes. |
| 11781 | (none) | 1929,1017.491 | (none) | Harp. Fragments of i.e. the silver band at the foot of the upright beam, 15 copper nails serving as keys, & the silver cap of the beam, mushroom-shaped: also a quantity of inlay from the sounding-board. (see Field Notes). | |
| 11792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oblong. |
| 11794 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Broken, distorted & decayed hemispherical? Design incised & in relief-below, conventional mountains (engraved), above, in relief, procession of mountain goats. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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