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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10439 | (none) | 1928,1010.122 | (none) | Rein-ring from the pole of the chariot of silver on the top an electrum mascot in form of a donkey, amazingly good work [drawing] |
| 10816C | (none) | 1928,1010.123 | (none) | Tomb Group. (A) Beads from neck: gold double conoids, carnelian rings, lapis double conoids forming top string. Middle string: lapis double conoids. Bottom string: silver double conoids. (B) Fragments of decayed silver earrings. (C) Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. (D) decayed miniature clay vase, pinkish drab friable surface. (E) [E and G] Pair of cockle shells, blue and greenish paint mixed. (F) Five or six shell rings. |
| 10586G | (none) | 1928,1010.124 | (none) | Head Ornaments. A. Gold ribbon B. Wreath of gold leaves with beads of lapis & carnelian. C. Silver pin with 3 arms and rosette finials having fold. D. [.1-.2] Pair of large gold lunate earrings. E. Silver pin with lapis head. F. 1 silver wire spiral coil earring. G. Second silver pin with lapis head, H. Gold and lapis double conoid beads. |
| 11168 | (none) | 1928,1010.125 | (none) | Silver Pin. WIth plain lapis ball head. Type V. |
| 10888 | (none) | 1928,1010.126 | (none) | Silver Pin with lapis ball head (stem broken) Type V |
| 10824B | (none) | 1928,1010.127 | (none) | Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.] |
| 10806B | (none) | 1928,1010.128 | (none) | Tomb Group. A. Beads. small lapis lentoids and some silver. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head Type V | |
| 9797 | (none) | 1928,1010.129 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval form With engraved line round rim and 3 slightly raised ribs [drawing] It forms part of a mass of broken copper vessels corroded together, and the full details of it cannot be seen. (nos. 11-14 in Field Notes) [Type] LXXXVII |
| 10460 | (none) | 1928,1010.133 | (none) | Silver Jug (?) Askos shape With 2 long lugs, pierced: through this runs a twisted silver wire of which the rest, attached to a spindle whorl-shaped object, perhaps the stopper, is inside the pot. Type 113? [drawing] |
| 10456 | (none) | 1928,1010.134 | (none) | Silver Jug [drawing] XXX Type__ |
| 10455 | (none) | 1928,1010.135 | (none) | Silver Bucket (?) but with no handles [drawing] Type XXXII |
| 10914 | (none) | 1928,1010.136 | (none) | Silver Offering-table In two parts which now though corroded together are displaced The foot is funnel-shaped and was made solid by a filling of bitumen: the top is covered with a silver cap: on this rested a tray with shallow upturned rim [drawing] [Type] XXXVIII |
| 10864 | (none) | 1928,1010.138 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval With differentiated oval base, slight rim, and marked ribs at ends from base to rim: crushed and distorted. On the middle of each side, just below the rim, a lug made of a double silver tube to take a wire handle Type__ |
| 10858A | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| 10858B | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| 10858C | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| 10858D | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.142 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.144 | (none) | (none) |
| 10457D | (none) | 1928,1010.145 | (none) | Oval, with oval base Found with silver lamp and calcite vase Type LXII | |
| 10458A | (none) | 1928,1010.146 | (none) | Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__ |
| 10458B | (none) | 1928,1010.146 | (none) | Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__ |
| 10458C | (none) | 1928,1010.146 | (none) | Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__ |
| 10458D | (none) | 1928,1010.146 | (none) | Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__ |
| 10458E | (none) | 1928,1010.146 | (none) | Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__ |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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