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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |
| 475 | (none) | 1923,1110.138 | (none) | Silver pot. Plain cylinder. Photo no. 56 | |
| 476 | (none) | 1923,1110.138 | (none) | Silver pot. Plain cylinder. | |
| 477 | (none) | 1923,1110.139 | (none) | Pair of silver saucers (?) plain shallow concave disks (possibly small cymbals?) Corroded together and onto nos. U.478, U.479, U.483. [drawing] | |
| 478 | (none) | 1923,1110.139 | (none) | Silver bracelet. Very small, as if for a child: plain rim of stout silver wire, ending in birds [crossed out] rams(?) heads. Fastened by corrosion on to U.477. | |
| 479 | (none) | 1923,1110.139 | (none) | Silver bracelet. Plain silver wire with terminals apparently thus [reference to drawing]. Fastened by corrosion to U.478 | |
 | 470 | (none) | 1923,1110.171 | (none) | Silver finger ring. |
| (none) | (none) | 1923,1110.173 | (none) | (none) |
| 6644 | (none) | 1927,0527.74 | (none) | Silver situla. Fragment. With silver handle hinged onto the rim. E. |
| 6639C | (none) | 1927,0527.77 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639D | (none) | 1927,0527.78 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639F | (none) | 1927,0527.79 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. | |
| 6639G | (none) | 1927,0527.80 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639H | (none) | 1927,0527.81 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| 6639I | (none) | 1927,0527.82 | (none) | Group of silver staves with wooden core inside A-Y. |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.83 | (none) | (none) | |
| 6480 | (none) | 1927,0527.84 | (none) | Silver bangles (2) and group of beads. Found lumped together owing to corrosion. |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.91 | (none) | (none) |
| 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] | |
| 8147 | (none) | 1928,1009.129 | (none) | Necklace. 90 carnelian ring beads. 7 hematite ring beads. 12 silver beads, double conoids - 1 poppy head? lentoids and bugle beads. |
| 8000 | (none) | 1928,1009.184 | (none) | Three silver cockle shells. One inside the other. The inner one shows signs of a red substance perhaps a pigment. Natural size. | |
| 9364 | (none) | 1928,1009.185 | (none) | Silver bowl with long trough spout, with body finely fluted and engraved, the base outside has an eight petalled flower engraved upon it. Found inside two copper bowls. From the pre-historic graves? (Illustrated Harmsworth Universal History. part 5. facing p.481 : in color.) [card seems to be a replacement] |
| 8902 | (none) | 1928,1009.186 | (none) | Silver lamp. Base silver, in form of shell. [drawing] |
| 9247 | (none) | 1928,1009.187 | (none) | Axe Silver Miniature; common type Vertical rib at back of shaft |
| 8619 | (none) | 1928,1009.188 | (none) | Silver pin. With fluted ball head of lapis. Capped with gold. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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