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.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
12429E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.2] 2 gold wire spiral coil hair rings. [B] Necklace of silver and lapis double conoid beads. [C] Silver pin with lapis and gold head [Type] VI B. [D] Silver pin with silver head [Type] IV B. [E] Bracelet of lapis and silver conoid and bugle beads.
12445C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Varia. [A-B] 2 whetstones. [C-F] 4 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
12445D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Varia. [A-B] 2 whetstones. [C-F] 4 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
12445E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Varia. [A-B] 2 whetstones. [C-F] 4 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
12445F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Varia. [A-B] 2 whetstones. [C-F] 4 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
12473B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver bracelets. Heavy penannular rings (one broken)
12603B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver finger rings.
12621B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Earrings. A pair. Silver. 2 small interlaced lunate ended spirals on each ear.
12626C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper bracelets. Plain copper wire. [C] 1 silver earring. 1 1/2 coils thickened lunate ends.
12635C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A-B] 1) Pair of small spiral copper earrings with thickened lunate ends. [C] 2) Beads: 1 lapis bugle, 1 silver bugle, 1 silver double conoid, 1 carnelian ring bead.
12658B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Geometric decoration with it a [B] silver earring. 2 1/2 spiral coils.
12701L	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] 1) Copper pin. L. 250mm with lapis ball head and gold caps. Type V B. [B] 2) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. L. 20mm, D. 11mm. Two heroes (one wearing feathered headdress) and rampant animals. [C] 3) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli L. 30mm, D. 7mm. Two registers. Above and below: rampant animals. [D] 4) Beads forming a necklace of 3 strings: gold, lapis and carnelian barrels. [E] 5) Beads. Long lentoids of gold and lapis and in center a small gold frog amulet L. 10mm, W. 10mm. [F-G] 6) Gold earrings. A pair. Small 1 1/2 coils. Lunate. [H-I] 7) Two bracelets. [H] One plain silver, the [I] other plain copper. [J] 8) Stone bowl. Calcite. Greyish. Nearly hemispherical. [Type] IX. [K] 9) Stone vase. White calcite [Type] LVI. [L] 10) Silver finger (?) ring. Very small. 1 1/2 coils.
14289B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils.
14334B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils.
15178A.2	31-17-279	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.2] A pair silver earrings. Single coil-ends overlapping.
15406F	(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].
15406G	(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].
15406H	(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].
15406I	(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].
15406J	(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].
15406K	(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].
15406L	(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].
15406M	(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].
15411B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver rings. Open work. Worn on the head. [drawing 1:1]
17039.2	31-43-222B	(none)	(none)	Earrings. Silver. [.1-.2] A pair. Type same as U.17030.