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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 476 | (none) | 1923,1110.138 | (none) | Silver pot. Plain cylinder. | |
| 474 | (none) | (none) | B15289 | Silver pot. Plain cylinder. (This has been partially cleaned. Upper part broken in one place and roughly mended.) Phil. Photo no. 55 | |
| 475 | (none) | 1923,1110.138 | (none) | Silver pot. Plain cylinder. Photo no. 56 | |
 | 8304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver razor(?). The flat end of the blade is folded over - very doubtful whether it is a razor at all. [drawing] |
| 8493 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver ring 2 1/2 coils of fairly thick silver wire |
| 8408 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver ring. One and a half coils. |
| 10030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Rings (finger rings?) and a twisted coil of narrow silver ribbon, all corroded together. |
| 10859 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Saucer With flat base and straight sides fastened by corrosion to the side of U.10855 [line drawing] See type 28 |
| 6644 | (none) | 1927,0527.74 | (none) | Silver situla. Fragment. With silver handle hinged onto the rim. E. |
| 10472A | (none) | (none) | B16689 | Silver Spears 4 The heads silver: the shafts bound with silver which was too rotten to keep: two of them have notched silver butts for the throwing thong. Two are corroded together. Type 2 (new) | |
| 10472B | (none) | (none) | B17078 | Silver Spears 4 The heads silver: the shafts bound with silver which was too rotten to keep: two of them have notched silver butts for the throwing thong. Two are corroded together. Type 2 (new) | |
| 10472C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Spears 4 The heads silver: the shafts bound with silver which was too rotten to keep: two of them have notched silver butts for the throwing thong. Two are corroded together. Type 2 (new) |
| 10472D | (none) | (none) | B17079 | Silver Spears 4 The heads silver: the shafts bound with silver which was too rotten to keep: two of them have notched silver butts for the throwing thong. Two are corroded together. Type 2 (new) |
| 8214 | (none) | (none) | B16704 | Silver suspenders. A plain ring of silver wire from which hangs a spacer for 3 strings of beads: they appeared to hang from the head this way up, but two were found corroded together in opposite directions. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 10016 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver tool Hung on a thin gold ring, which was attached to the silver belt |
| 10861 | (none) | (none) | B17082a | Silver Tumbler Exactly like U.10857 Corroded on to U.10860 | |
| 10893 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler Exactly like U.10892 one side damaged & a bit missing [Type] LXVI |
| 10913 | 30-12-489 | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler fluted (a good deal damaged) exactly like U.10892 [Type] LXVI | |
| 10900 | 30-12-488 | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler Fluted Exactly like U 10892 Half or rim broken off (preserved) corroded on to a piece of copper [Type] LXVI | |
| 10894 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler Fluted Exactly like U.10892 badly broken |
| 10892 | (none) | (none) | B17072 | Silver Tumbler Fluted sides, engraving round rim (flattened but intact) [Type] LXVI |
| 10857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler The straight sides are fluted and at the top the flutings end in points made by a double line chevron fashion, above which is a band of herring-bone design. (NB. the engraving not really visible) The vase is flattened & distorted [Type] LXVI |
| 10998 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler. Fluted, and engraved round rim with band of chevrons and herring-bone design. Smaller than but otherwise identical with those from PG 800 B. Type LXVI. [Additional notes on back of card, meaning unknown] |
| 10915 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Vase Very much distorted and the base all crushed in Approximately thus: [drawing] attached to it are the fragile remains of 3 long silver drinking tubes [Type] XXXIX |
| 472 | (none) | 1923,1110.137 | (none) | Silver vase. Broken on one side, but most of the fragments found. The sides are intentionally indented. Very thin metal in fair condition. [drawing 1:5] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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