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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19022C | 35-1-100C | (none) | (none) | (A) Gold fillet, as [drawing] (B) Gold frontlet, oval with pierced ends. Bad condition; (C) Beads: very long carnelian tubes, balls; lapis tube and double conoid; silver balls; balls of gilt copper; flattened carnelian(?) disk. |
| 19026B.1 | 35-1-99B | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B.1-.2] Also two silver earrings. | |
| 19026C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B-C] Also two silver earrings. |
| 19030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian tubes and date-shaped; 1 lapis double conid; small carnelian rings; paste balls and some silver. |
| 19039 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian cylinders and one double conoid, ball and rings; paste tube and balls, silver balls, etc. |
| 19053A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads; (A) A set of lapis triangular spacers from a small dog-collar (silver spacers decayed); (B) A long string of carnelian and lapis beads (and some silver) balls, tubes and rings. |
| 19053B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads; (A) A set of lapis triangular spacers from a small dog-collar (silver spacers decayed); (B) A long string of carnelian and lapis beads (and some silver) balls, tubes and rings. |
| 19074 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, small balls, ovals and double conoids; carnelian balls; silver balls. |
| 19195B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Pair of gold earrings, 3 hoops of spirally coiled gold wire.; (B) Silver earrings, a pair , similar to the gold; unusually well-reserved.; [B and D] (C) Beads. Lapis balls and ovals, small, with some carnelian rings, and some silver balls. |
| 19195C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Pair of gold earrings, 3 hoops of spirally coiled gold wire.; (B) Silver earrings, a pair , similar to the gold; unusually well-reserved.; [B and D] (C) Beads. Lapis balls and ovals, small, with some carnelian rings, and some silver balls. |
| 19444A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. Lapis valls and double conoids : silver ditto, and a few carnelian rings. [A-B] also 2 silver earrings of spirally twisted wire. |
| 19444B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. Lapis valls and double conoids : silver ditto, and a few carnelian rings. [A-B] also 2 silver earrings of spirally twisted wire. |
| 19444C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Beads. Lapis valls and double conoids : silver ditto, and a few carnelian rings. [A-B] also 2 silver earrings of spirally twisted wire. |
| 19866 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis date-shaped and carnelian and silver date (large) lapis and silver balls (small) (for order see field notes) |
| 19947 | 35-1-98C | (none) | (none) | Silver pendant. With cones and coiled wire applied to a solid base. [1:1 drawing] | |
| 20037.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Earrings. A pair. Silver. Triple hoops of coiled wire. |
| 20037.2 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Earrings. A pair. Silver. Triple hoops of coiled wire. |
| 2908 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight. Silver. Type VI. |
| 32 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earring? [drawing] |
| 3305 | (none) | 1927,1003.113 | (none) | Silver cup. Straight-sided cup of silver alloyed with copper and ornamented. Type sketch 1:1. in Cat. In text: kassite period(16) [drawing 1:1] | |
| 470 | (none) | 1923,1110.171 | (none) | Silver finger ring. |
| 471 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver finger ring of base metal. Plain hoop, circular in section: circular plate bezel showing traces of engraved design now undecipherable. |
| 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] | |
| 473 | (none) | (none) | (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 |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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