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)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17076	(none)
12396A.2	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.2] Silver wire spiral coil earrings. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [C] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoid beads. [D] Silver pin with lapis ball head [Type] VI B.
12369A.2	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.2] Pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [C] Copper pin with lapis head, Type V B. [D] Cockle shells with green paint.
12392C.2	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C.1-.2] Silver wire spiral end hair rings (inside the gold earrings). [D] Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [E] Necklace of lapis and gold triangles. [F] Necklace of lapis and gold ball beads (for order see field notes). [G] Bracelet of lapis and gold tubular beads and carnelian rings (for order see field notes). [H] Silver pin [Type] VI B with lapis head. [I] Copper pin [Type] II B (Broken). [J] Cockle shells with green paint.
10588E.2	(none)	(none)	B16739B	Head ornament. A. Gold Ribbon B. Wreath of lapis and carnelian beads with gold mulberry-leaf pendants. C. [.1-.2] Large Gold Lunate Earrings D. Remains of silver head ornament with inlaid rosette petals [Drawing] E. [.1-.2] Silver wire spiral coil earrings. F. A silver pin, circular in section. Lapis ball head broken off. G. Silver and gold double conoids single string-gold and silver alternate.
10751H	(none)	(none)	(none)	Head Ornament. (A) Gold ribbon. (B) Wreath of carnelian and lapis lazuli beads with gold mulberry leaf pendants. (C) One large gold lunate earring. (D) Remains of silver head ornament with inlaid rosette finials. [drawing] (E) A silver pin with a lapis ball head. [H] A second similiar Tip missing. (F) Necklace of lapis lazuli double conoids and carnelian ring beads, also lapis lazuli oval beads. (G) A cockle shell containing black paint.
12353A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Harp with [A] inlaid sounding box, mosaic imprints, silver top bar, decorated with a [B] bull's head, beaded, in gold, below which are [C] shell plaques.
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17551	(none)
(none)	(none)	1929,1017.488	(none)	(none)
10556B	(none)	(none)	B17694A	[A] Bull's head. Gold, with lapis hair between the horns and a lapis beard set in silver; the gold horns are tipped with lapis. [B]The body was of wood (see Field Notes) and down the front are [C] shell plaques with engraved mythological scenes
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.142	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.144	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17549	(none)
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)
(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17028	(none)
8605A	(none)	(none)	B17554	[A] Silver wire. Finely twisted 2-ply wire and [B] fragments of a silver tube(?)
(none)	(none)	1927,0527.91	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1923,1110.173	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1927,0527.83	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1931,1010.265	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1009.202	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1009.195	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1009.200	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.120	(none)	(none)