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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9944 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Dagger With the blade is preserved part of the wooden handle bound and studded with silver Type__ |
| 9948 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver- earring Coil with lunate ends Type__ |
| 9962 | (none) | (none) | B17075 | Silver Pin The shaft bent, & pierced Lapis ball head Type VI | |
| 9966 | (none) | (none) | (none) | A number of Silver earrings. |
| 9968 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver earring Small with lunate ends |
| 9980A | (none) | (none) | B16786 | [A-C] Silver earrings Plain spiral coils of silver wire | |
| 9980B | (none) | (none) | B16786 | [A-C] Silver earrings. Plain spiral coils of silver wire. |
| 9980C | (none) | (none) | B16786 | [A-C] Silver earrings. Plain spiral coils of silver wire. |
| 9981 | (none) | 1935,0113.432 | (none) | Beads Double conoids of silver and lapis, small |
| 9982 | (none) | (none) | B16785 | Silver Pin With fluted lapis ball head Type V | |
| 9984 | (none) | (none) | B17681 | Silver Pin With lapis ball head (shaft broken) Type V | |
| 9986 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Finger Ring Silver Flat silver band decorated with minute cable ornament around it: edges plain. (broken) |
| 9990 | (none) | 1928,1010.296 | (none) | Finger ring. Plain spiral of thin silver wire. | |
| 9993 | (none) | 1928,1010.53 | (none) | Copper Pin With lapis ball head set in silver Shaft broken Type V | |
| 9996 | (none) | 1928,1010.122 | (none) | Silver Pin With lapis head, plain ball Type V |
| 9997 | (none) | 1935,0113.434 | (none) | Bead Small double conoids of silver and lapis |
| 9998A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver- earrings 4 Plain coils of silver wire, spiral |
| 9998B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver- earrings 4 Plain coils of silver wire, spiral |
| 9998C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver- earrings 4 Plain coils of silver wire, spiral |
| 9998D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver- earrings 4 Plain coils of silver wire, spiral |
| 9999A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver |
| 9999B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver |
| 9999C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Beads Double conoids of lapis and silver |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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