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.

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
8921	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small silver and carnelian beads, (NB: Some of these are mixed up with U.8920)
8922	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ear rings. Silver A pair Double lunar crescent coils.[drawing 1:1]
8923	(none)	1928,1009.343	(none)	Copper pin. With head of lapis ball capped with silver. (tip broken: all in very bad condition) [type] V
8924A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bracelets. Silver. A pair. Plain narrow circlets of thin silver: both broken.
8927	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small silver balls, silver disks, and small lapis balls. See field notes.
8928	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ear-rings. Silver. A pair Double rings with lunar crescent ends. [drawing]
8952A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Ear-rings. A pair. [A]The outer part of silver, usual type and [B] inside this a smaller but similar coil of gold. (one has come apart) [drawing]
8953	(none)	(none)	(none)	Finger ring. Silver. 7 spirals coils of plain silver wire (perhaps really two rings worn on the same finger).
8954	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. 1 carnelian bugle, and a set of mixed small beads: lapis, carnelian, & silver.
8961A	(none)	1928,1009.191	(none)	[A-C] Finger rings Silver: (2 others were broken and thrown away) Plain coils of silver wire one 2 1/2 coils and two 3 1/2 coils
8962	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. Small gold, silver, lapis and carnelian. For order see Field Notes.
8964	(none)	1928,1009.203	(none)	Bracelet. Plain circlet of silver tube, penannular. Also, fragments of a 2nd similar.
8971	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal Lapis 3 figures before a god Broken and mended. The cylinder had silver beads and a tube of silver ran through it and was fixed to caps: the latter are decayed (and stuck to U.8972): the tube still inside.
9014	(none)	(none)	B17043	Silver? Ear Ring 1 1/2 coils [drawing]
9033A	(none)	(none)	B16767	3 Ear Rings [A-B] 2 silver and [C] 1 copper. All from same grave 1 1/2 coils. Thickened ends. [drawing]
9033B	(none)	(none)	B16767	3 Ear Rings [A-B] 2 silver and [C] 1 copper. All from same grave 1 1/2 coils. Thickened ends. [drawing]
9061A	(none)	(none)	(none)	2 Ear Rings [A] one silver [B] one copper
9064	(none)	(none)	B16898	Cylinder seal Lapis lazuli Silver core Gilgamesh and Enkidu fighting rampant lion and rampant bull respectively.
9065	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pin With silver ball head Copper caps on top and bottom of head - silver shows only in middle. Rectangular in section Tip missing [Type] V [drawing]
9074	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver Ear Ring Consisting of 2 crescent shaped pieces of silver, each with 1 thickened hollow end - cup shaped. [drawing]
9087A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 Silver earrings 1 1/2 coils thickened ends
9089	(none)	(none)	(none)	Necklace About 85 beads Silver & lapis lozenge shaped beads, slightly convex: 1 banded sard, lapis barrel & double conoid, & carnelian of similar type. Also, 2 carnelian bugle beads For order of stringing cf. Field Note PG 544 (18)
9093A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 Silver earrings Single coils Corroded together.
9094B	(none)	(none)	(none)	2 Necklaces A. Minute lapis ball beads. B. Minute silver ball beads Lapis necklace on top of silver.
9109	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads Silver and lapis, thin lentoids.