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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14470A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver comb. With 5 prongs each decorated with a lapis lazuli ball bead. |
| 15171A.1 | (none) | 1930,1213.23 | (none) | [A.1-.2] A pair silver earrings. Decorated with 6 pear shaped pendants each pendant composed of minute globules, flat on one side and bossed on the other. Not in catalog. |
| 15301D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A)[A-E] A pair of small lunate gold earrings; (B) Narrow gold ribbon twisted spirally; (C)[C and F-G] 3 gold finger rings, one made of two hoops of thin gold wire, the other two of sheet metal with the edges bent over inwards to look like 2 solid loops; (D) Beads, lapis, carnelian & agate (sliver beads all decayed) forming 2 strings(?) |
| 15406D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Grouped: [A] (1) Two strings of small lapis lazuli and silver lentoids. [B] (2) Three strings lapis lazuli ovoids. [C] (3) About 27 strings of lapis lazuli and silver double conoids. The majority of the beads appeared to have three strings. [D-M] (4) Five pairs of silver earrings of 2 1/2 coils each [D-M]. [N] (5) Fragment of a copper spindle whorl [N]. |
| 15406E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Grouped: [A] (1) Two strings of small lapis lazuli and silver lentoids. [B] (2) Three strings lapis lazuli ovoids. [C] (3) About 27 strings of lapis lazuli and silver double conoids. The majority of the beads appeared to have three strings. [D-M] (4) Five pairs of silver earrings of 2 1/2 coils each [D-M]. [N] (5) Fragment of a copper spindle whorl [N]. |
| 15411A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 silver rings. Open work. Worn on the head. [drawing 1:1] |
| 15462 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian double conoids & cylindrical; lapis lazuli cylindrical; 2 gold balls; 1 rock crystal ball; 1 silver decorated head. [drawing] TA |
| 15485 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Pendant. earring(?) [drawing 1:1] |
| 15486 | (none) | 1930,1213.25 | (none) | Bronze finger ring. Flat oval bezel. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 15705A | (none) | 1930,1213.101 | (none) | [A] Beads and [B] Silver finger ring: carnelian & agate bugles, 1 gold ring bead, silver finger ring is of flat strip metal, ends overlapping. |
| 15705B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads and [B] Silver finger ring: carnelian & agate bugles, 1 gold ring bead, silver finger ring is of flat strip metal, ends overlapping. |
| 16216 | (none) | 1931,1010.264 | (none) | Mountings, gold-plated. Probably from a small stone box(?) 12 in all. The gold is a thin strip mounted on silver rods, from which project at the back short pegs for attachment - the gold is apparently soldered onto the silver, but the edges are turned down over it for better attachment. With these were nails of plain gold or of copper with gold heads; and some minute gold beads for fastening the edges of gold casing: 2 plain gold; 10 gold-headed, 4 beads; & a few fragments of gold leaf. BurSin NW man.p.3. |
| 16320 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Finger ring. silver. 3 strands of wire and fine embossed work in between. |
| 16362 | (none) | 1931,1010.272 | (none) | Bronze finger ring with oval-shaped bezel. | |
| 16384 | (none) | 1931,1010.269 | (none) | Beads. Minute silver and glass balls. |
| 16657A | (none) | 1931,1010.268 | (none) | [A-B] Earrings, pair. Silver(?) with pendants in shape of bunches of grapes. Normal Persian type - 5 bunches from each ring. [C] Also a few beads, glass paste balls, and small carnelian rings and lentoids. |
| 16761 | (none) | 1931,1010.271 | (none) | Silver finger Ring. With oval bezel-engraved. |
| 17023A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Each earring has 3 sets of wider pendants, each pendant consisting of four globules. [drawing] |
| 17030A | (none) | 1931,1010.266 | (none) | [A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Bottle like pendant decorated with a leaf flap on each of its 4 sides ending in an umbilical base and suspended by a [C] shaped pin. [drawing] | |
| 17031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Larger beads formed a necklace, smaller a bracelet carnelian discoids, rings, balls. Glass paste balls. Miniature glass paste puzuzu heads. 1 silver ball bead. [additional notes on back of card] |
| 17036A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Silver earrings. A pair. Circular with 5 pendants from each ring consisting of a conglomeration of small globular, circular in appearance. [drawing 1:1] |
| 17051 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace. Amethyst [represented in drawing] four sided, lozange shaped in section carnelian. Double conoids and lentoids and diamonds. Silver ball beads. Glass paste rings, balls, discoids, barrels. Agate. Squares. Lapis lazuli flat lentoid with dragon (?) engraved amethyst scaraboid with fish (?) engraved. [drawing] |
| 17087 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Finger ring. Silver. With circular bezel originally inset with a circular piece now missing [drawing 1:1] |
| 17366 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Finger ring. Silver. With oval bezel. |
| 17415.1 | (none) | 1931,1010.267 | (none) | [.1-.2] Earrings. Silver. A pair. With circular pendants. [drawing 1:1] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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