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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15705A | (none) | 1930,1213.101 | (none) | [A] Beads and [B] Silver finger ring: carnelian & agate bugles, 1 gold ring bead, silver finger ring is of flat strip metal, ends overlapping. |
| 14441B | (none) | 1930,1213.21 | (none) | Bronze bangle. Ends loose. Rectangular in section. [Additional notes on back, possibly names of worers?] [drawing 1:1] |
| 15171A.2 | (none) | 1930,1213.22 | (none) | [A.1-.2] A pair silver earrings. Decorated with 6 pear shaped pendants each pendant composed of minute globules, flat on one side and bossed on the other. Not in catalog. |
| 15171A.1 | (none) | 1930,1213.23 | (none) | [A.1-.2] A pair silver earrings. Decorated with 6 pear shaped pendants each pendant composed of minute globules, flat on one side and bossed on the other. Not in catalog. |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.24 | (none) | (none) |
| 15486 | (none) | 1930,1213.25 | (none) | Bronze finger ring. Flat oval bezel. [drawing 1:1] | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.26 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.27 | (none) | (none) |
| 14422A.1 | (none) | 1930,1213.28 | (none) | [A.1-.2] Copper earrings. A pair. With 3 pear shaped pendants consisting of minute globules, hanging from the ring |
| 14422A.2 | (none) | 1930,1213.28 | (none) | [A.1-.2] Copper earrings. A pair. With 3 pear shaped pendants consisting of minute globules, hanging from the ring. |
| 14299 | (none) | 1930,1213.495 | (none) | Copper earring. 2 1/2 coils. | |
| 13600B | (none) | 1930,1213.503 | (none) | (A) Copper pin. Bent type VI,B. (B) [B-C] and pair of silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. Pin has copper wire binding round upper portion of stem. |
| 13600C | (none) | 1930,1213.504 | (none) | (A) Copper pin. Bent type VI,B. (B) [B-C] and pair of silver earrings 2 1/2 coils. Pin has copper wire binding round upper portion of stem. |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.505 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.506 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.507 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.508 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.509 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.510 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.511 | (none) | (none) |
| 12307 | (none) | 1930,1213.542 | (none) | Necklace. Beads consisting of Lapis & silver balls. |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.234 | (none) | (none) |
| 16216 | (none) | 1931,1010.264 | (none) | Mountings, gold-plated. Probably from a small stone box(?) 12 in all. The gold is a thin strip mounted on silver rods, from which project at the back short pegs for attachment - the gold is apparently soldered onto the silver, but the edges are turned down over it for better attachment. With these were nails of plain gold or of copper with gold heads; and some minute gold beads for fastening the edges of gold casing: 2 plain gold; 10 gold-headed, 4 beads; & a few fragments of gold leaf. BurSin NW man.p.3. |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.265 | (none) | (none) |
| 17030A | (none) | 1931,1010.266 | (none) | [A-B] Earring. Silver. A pair. Bottle like pendant decorated with a leaf flap on each of its 4 sides ending in an umbilical base and suspended by a [C] shaped pin. [drawing] |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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