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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9816 | (none) | 1928,1010.269 | (none) | Silver Pin Tip missing Possibly a hair pin. cf. Field Note. Rounded in section [drawing] Type IX |
| 9818 | (none) | 1928,1010.271 | (none) | Silver Bangle Broken and part missing [drawing] | |
| 10705A | (none) | 1928,1010.275 | (none) | Necklace Two string lower string- steatite diamonds, carnelian double conoids & barrels Upper string- minute lapis, carnelian& silver beads For order see Field Notes E |
| 10705B | (none) | 1928,1010.276 | (none) | Necklace Two string lower string- steatite diamonds, carnelian double conoids & barrels Upper string- minute lapis, carnelian& silver beads For order see Field Notes E |
| 9604A | (none) | 1928,1010.287 | (none) | 4 Silver Finger Rings [A-D] 2 1/2 coils. |
| 9605 | (none) | 1928,1010.288 | (none) | Copper Finger Ring Single coil | |
| 9604B | (none) | 1928,1010.290 | (none) | 4 Silver Finger Rings [A-D] 2 1/2 coils. | |
| 9604C | (none) | 1928,1010.290 | (none) | 4 Silver Finger Rings [A-D] 2 1/2 coils. | |
| 9604D | (none) | 1928,1010.290 | (none) | 4 Silver Finger Rings [A-D] 2 1/2 coils. | |
| 9990 | (none) | 1928,1010.296 | (none) | Finger ring. Plain spiral of thin silver wire. | |
| 10402 | (none) | 1928,1010.357 | (none) | Copper Pin With lapis ball head capped with silver (broken) Type V | |
| 8901 | (none) | 1928,1010.379 | (none) | Silver bowl. A good deal distorted. {Drawing] [Type] III | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.52 | (none) | (none) |
| 9993 | (none) | 1928,1010.53 | (none) | Copper Pin With lapis ball head set in silver Shaft broken Type V | |
| 10816B | (none) | 1928,1010.590 | (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. | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.677 | (none) | (none) |
| 10822D | (none) | 1928,1010.685 | (none) | Tomb Group. A. Silver pin with fluted lapis ball head and fluted gold cap. Type V. B. Lapis lazuli cylinder seal, 2 registers: Upper: scorpion, kneeling hero fighting rampant lions, (a panther?), a striped zebu, and behind them a standing skirted male figure. Lower: gate of a shrine and within it seated figures drinking through straws, 3 seated figures, and 2 standing attendants. C. Limestone Bowl. Type XII D. Necklace of silver and lapis double conoids with 3 large facetted beads, 2 carnelian, 1 gold. For order see Field Note. |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.686 | (none) | (none) |
| 10357A | (none) | 1928,1010.692 | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver earrings Solid lunate ends, unusually small | |
| 10357B | (none) | 1928,1010.692 | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver earrings Solid lunate ends, unusually small | |
| 9922A.1 | (none) | 1928,1010.694 | (none) | [A.1-.2] Pair, (one broken) earrings Silver Large spiral type and three others, rather larger and thicker, same type |
| 9786B | (none) | 1928,1010.698 | (none) | [A-B] Silver wire ornaments Apparently 7, of which 6 are whole or nearly so [drawing] They seem to have been connected with silver headdress 9785, with which they were found, and might have been attached to a narrow silver ribbon found with it, or to the string of very small beads: they were not with the gold rings | |
| 9649 | (none) | 1928,1010.701 | (none) | Silver earrings. Loops of 2 1/2 spiral coils of thin silver wire. 1 ring partly broken. |
| 10404 | (none) | 1928,1010.701 | (none) | Ear-ring silver plain spiral coil of silver wire Type__ |
| 10536 | (none) | 1928,1010.701 | (none) | Silver Ear ring 1 1/2 coils Solid lunate ends |
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