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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12707H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase, white calcite. For type see field ntoes. [Type] LXXVI. [B] (2) Stone bowl, white calcite. Broken badly. Type XIX. [C] (3) Copper lamp normal type cut as a shell. L. 140mm. L. of spout 100mm with ring at end for suspension. [D] (4) Beads. Carnelian rings probably a bracelet with thin silver wire bracelets elliptical, broken and decayed. [E] (5) Silver wire finger ring. [F] (6) Frontlet of beads. 1 lapis bugle and 2 carnelian bugles [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Shell. Much decayed. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli originally suspended on a silver wire. Subject. [I] (9) Copper strainer. Corroded with it. Normal type. [J] (10) A copper tumbler. Straight sided [Type] LVII. [K] (11) Copper axe type XXI. [L] (12) Copper holdfasts. Croquet hook type. [drawing] [M] (13) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head corroded with: [N] 14) Copper dagger type II B. |
| 12710B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] 1) Copper axe. Type XXI. [B-C] 2) Silver wire earrings 2 1/2 spiral coils. [D] 3) Copper pin straight Type II with elongated tang. |
| 12710C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] 1) Copper axe. Type XXI. [B-C] 2) Silver wire earrings 2 1/2 spiral coils. [D] 3) Copper pin straight Type II with elongated tang. |
| 12711F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper dagger. Type II E. [B] (2) Copper reticule. [C] (3) Stone bowl. Calcite. Type LI. [drawing 2:5] [D] (4) Carnelian bugle beads - three probably worn round forehead. [E] (5) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXXIV. [drawing 3:5] [F] (6) Silver earring. 1 1/2 spiral coils lunate ended. [G] (7) Copper vase. Cylindrical. Type LVII. [drawing 2:5] [H] (8)Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. [I] (9) Copper axe. Type XX. [J] (10) Bowl greyish stone. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Type XVIII. [K] (11) Beads small lapis and silver double conoids. Carnelian lentoids. [drawing 1:5] [L] (12) Cylinder seal. Lentoid shaped. 2 registers. Gazelles (?). Lapis lazuli. |
| 12711K | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper dagger. Type II E. [B] (2) Copper reticule. [C] (3) Stone bowl. Calcite. Type LI. [drawing 2:5] [D] (4) Carnelian bugle beads - three probably worn round forehead. [E] (5) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXXIV. [drawing 3:5] [F] (6) Silver earring. 1 1/2 spiral coils lunate ended. [G] (7) Copper vase. Cylindrical. Type LVII. [drawing 2:5] [H] (8)Copper pin. Type V B with lapis ball head. [I] (9) Copper axe. Type XX. [J] (10) Bowl greyish stone. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Type XVIII. [K] (11) Beads small lapis and silver double conoids. Carnelian lentoids. [drawing 1:5] [L] (12) Cylinder seal. Lentoid shaped. 2 registers. Gazelles (?). Lapis lazuli. |
| 12715A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Necklace. Small lapis and silver beads. [B] (2) Copper pin. Type VI B. With lapis ball head. Tip broken [C] (3) Silver wire earring 2 1/2 spiral coils. [D] (4) Silver hair ribbon. Fragments in poor condition. |
| 12715C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Necklace. Small lapis and silver beads. [B] (2) Copper pin. Type VI B. With lapis ball head. Tip broken [C] (3) Silver wire earring 2 1/2 spiral coils. [D] (4) Silver hair ribbon. Fragments in poor condition. |
| 12715D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Necklace. Small lapis and silver beads. [B] (2) Copper pin. Type VI B. With lapis ball head. Tip broken [C] (3) Silver wire earring 2 1/2 spiral coils. [D] (4) Silver hair ribbon. Fragments in poor condition. |
| 12721 | (none) | 1929,1017.495 | (none) | 3 beads. Worn round forehead. 2 carnelian bugles and 1 silver bugle - (silver plated on wood (?)). |
| 12722 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earring. 2 1/2 spiral coils. |
| 13044 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver diadem. Elliptical. Bent to rest flat on forehead. Broken in 2 pieces. |
| 13572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis and silver double conoids. Order not identified. |
| 13595 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin. Lapis ball head (broken) Type. V.A. |
| 13600B | (none) | 1930,1213.503 | (none) | (A) Copper pin. Bent type VI,B. (B) [B-C] and pair of silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. Pin has copper wire binding round upper portion of stem. |
| 13781 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pin. With fluted lapis ball head. Type V.B. |
| 14075 | (none) | (none) | (none) | 3 beads; 2 lapis cylindrical; 1 silver double conoid. |
| 14203 | (none) | (none) | B9609 | Silver pin. Lapis lazuli. Ball head with gold caps. Type V, A. |
| 14217 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earring. |
| 14288 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: lapis lazuli and silver double conoids. |
| 14289A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils. |
| 14299 | (none) | 1930,1213.495 | (none) | Copper earring. 2 1/2 coils. | |
| 14324 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earring. 1 1/2 coils. |
| 14334A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils. |
| 14422A.1 | (none) | 1930,1213.28 | (none) | [A.1-.2] Copper earrings. A pair. With 3 pear shaped pendants consisting of minute globules, hanging from the ring |
| 14437A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver vessel. Situla shaped without handle. Type 12. [drawing 1:5] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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