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)
8653	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 10 gold, 10 silver, and 3 carnelian. Found in a group apparently preserving the order in which they were sewn, as bead embroidery, onto a garment: the small silver beads which completed the design were too decayed to be kept. See field notes. see drawing.
8667	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis, carnelian, 1 chalcedony, 1 silver disk bead (broken) and two or three gold plated beads in bad condition. See field notes.
8695	(none)	1928,1009.434	(none)	Whetstone. Grey stone. Circular section: head pierced and in the hole remains of silver suspension ring.
8702	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace 62 lapis lazuli beads 7 silver beads corroded together in 2 lots of 4 and 3 respectively
8722	(none)	(none)	(none)	Earring Silver 1 1/2 coils of thick silver wire
8723	(none)	(none)	(none)	5 beads. 1 silver lentoid. 2 facetted double conoid lapis. 1 double conoid baked clay. 1 bugle bead baked clay.
8742	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin. Ribbed silver ball head. Rounded in section - broken in 4 pieces. [drawing] [type] V
8745	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver finger ring. 1 1/2 coils of silver wire.
8748	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace. 30 beads. Original order. Silver and lapis alternating with an unusual[?] carnelian. Ball beads lentoids and double conoids. In the middle of the string a carnelian bugle bead and on either side of it a silver ball bead. Against one of the ball beads the cylinder seal U.8747. The cylinder seal and the long carnelian bead thus formed the centre pieces of the necklace. In the necklace a carnelian barrel bead worked with engraved white lines thus - [drawing]
8753	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Lapis and silver.
8754A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Pair of silver (base) earrings. Thickish copper coiled about itself and forming intricate loops. cf. ink drawing.
8755A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver rings (base). Found on one finger. Finger bone preserved.
8774A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils of silver wire, fairly thick.
8774B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 silver earrings. 2 1/2 coils of silver wire, fairly thick.
8901	(none)	1928,1010.379	(none)	Silver bowl. A good deal distorted. {Drawing] [Type] III
8902	(none)	1928,1009.186	(none)	Silver lamp. Base silver, in form of shell. [drawing]
8905	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small silver studs or nails.
8921	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small silver and carnelian beads, (NB: Some of these are mixed up with U.8920)
8922	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ear rings. Silver A pair Double lunar crescent coils.[drawing 1:1]
8923	(none)	1928,1009.343	(none)	Copper pin. With head of lapis ball capped with silver. (tip broken: all in very bad condition) [type] V
8924A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bracelets. Silver. A pair. Plain narrow circlets of thin silver: both broken.
8927	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small silver balls, silver disks, and small lapis balls. See field notes.
8928	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ear-rings. Silver. A pair Double rings with lunar crescent ends. [drawing]
8952A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ear-rings. A pair. [A]The outer part of silver, usual type and [B] inside this a smaller but similar coil of gold. (one has come apart) [drawing]
8953	(none)	(none)	(none)	Finger ring. Silver. 7 spirals coils of plain silver wire (perhaps really two rings worn on the same finger).