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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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. |
| 8690A | (none) | (none) | B16957 | [A] Tweezers and [B] stiletto. Silver. With twisted wire at the top for a ring but this is in both cases missing. |
| 8691A | (none) | (none) | B16958 | [A-B] Earrings(?) Silver. A pair. Plain, each 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. Much corroded and with beads from U.8689B attached to them. | |
| 8691B | (none) | (none) | B16958 | [A-B] Earrings(?) Silver. A pair. Plain, each 2 1/2 spiral coils of silver wire. Much corroded and with beads from U.8689B attached to them. | |
| 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. |
| 8766 | (none) | (none) | B17384 | Copper pin. With ribbed lapis ball head discolored by heat. Rounded in section. Only the middle portion of the lapis ball head was showing. The upper and lower portions originally had a silver cap. Only a fragment of this remains. Pin is perforated below head. [drawing] |
| 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. |
| 8842A | (none) | (none) | B17560.1 | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing] | |
| 8842B | (none) | (none) | B17560.2 | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing] |
| 8842C | (none) | (none) | B17560.3 | [A-B] 2 silver earrings. [C-D] 2 finger rings - one copper, one silver. 1 1/2 coils of silver finger ring. The rest single coils, ends detached. [drawing] |
| 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] |
| 8903 | (none) | (none) | B17404 | Copper bowl. Oval and once provided with a (wire?) handle: no base ring or flattening. Type LXIII. | |
| 8905 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small silver studs or nails. |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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