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)
9543B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair. earrings. Silver. 2 silver beads corroded to one of them. [drawing]
9563B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of earrings Silver 3 earrings in all, 2 of them linked together. Corroded on to one of them a flattened silver double conoid bead from necklace U.9561A [drawing]
9686B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Silver Bracelets a pair Plain wire hoop, broken and in poor condition
9768B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bracelets, silver A pair Plain wire hoops with open ends (one broken)
10805D	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tomb Group. (A) Beads: lapis double conoids (B) Beads: lapis and gold double conoids (C) [C-D] 2 silver wire spiral coil earrings.
11934.2	(none)	(none)	(none)	[.1-.2] Earrings of gold and silver = a pair each composed of a spiral coil of silver wire (3 turns) diam 0033 inside which is a spiral coil (5 turns) of very thing old wire diam 002.
11974B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Double conoids & lentoids of gold & lapis. [B-C] 2 earrings, spiral coils of silver wire.
11974C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Double conoids & lentoids of gold & lapis. [B-C] 2 earrings, spiral coils of silver wire.
16657B	(none)	(none)	(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.
17023B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Each earring has 3 sets of wider pendants, each pendant consisting of four globules. [drawing]
17036B	(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]
20037.2	(none)	(none)	(none)	[.1-.2] Earrings. A pair. Silver. Triple hoops of coiled wire.
11839D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C based on museum divisions] Beads Lapis. Lentoids and bugles = probably both belonging to a wreath of silver beech leaves (which were all decayed). [D-E] With these, 2 hair-rings, spiral coils of silver wire, and [F] a large lunate earring of the Queen Shub-ad type, but in silver: a long silver wire may belong to this.
11839E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C based on museum divisions] Beads Lapis. Lentoids and bugles = probably both belonging to a wreath of silver beech leaves (which were all decayed). [D-E] With these, 2 hair-rings, spiral coils of silver wire, and [F] a large lunate earring of the Queen Shub-ad type, but in silver: a long silver wire may belong to this.
11839F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C based on museum divisions] Beads Lapis. Lentoids and bugles = probably both belonging to a wreath of silver beech leaves (which were all decayed). [D-E] With these, 2 hair-rings, spiral coils of silver wire, and [F] a large lunate earring of the Queen Shub-ad type, but in silver: a long silver wire may belong to this.
16702A.2	31-43-221B	(none)	(none)	[A.1-.2] Pair of earrings. With 4 bunches of grapes, pendant each ring. [drawing]
8013C	(none)	(none)	B17716	[A and B] Two silver bracelets. Made of three twists of wire. To one of these is attached by corrosion an [C] object of silver apparently containing a cockle shell [D]; the cockle shell has in it green pigment and was covered by a silver shell (broken) thus: [drawing] though it is impossible to say whether the shell is really belonging or only accidentally attached. Various beads are also attached by corrosion to the bracelet and also [E] an eye of lapis with white shell filling.
11550D	(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 them [D] a silver tumbler.
9980B	(none)	(none)	B16786	[A-C] Silver earrings. Plain spiral coils of silver wire.
9980C	(none)	(none)	B16786	[A-C] Silver earrings. Plain spiral coils of silver wire.
10436B	(none)	(none)	B16744b	Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box.
12388H	30-12-444B	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C and H] Gold flower rosettes on silver stems. [D] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [G] Silver pin with lapis ball head [Type] VI B.
(none)	98-9-95	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17557	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17076	(none)