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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9152A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bracelets & finger rings Silver A set [A-B] Two bracelets, open rings of plain silver wire. diam 0065 [C-F] 4 finger rings each made of 2 spiral coils of plain wire. [G] 1 finger ring of flat plate with raised edges. Thus: [drawing] 1:1 See field notes. |
| 9153 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads & Seal 1 very long carnelian bugle, i ditto. green jasper, 2 crystal rings and 2 gold balls: on the end a silver button seal with engraved face: subject not decipherable. [drawing] |
| 9201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Silver double conoids and carnelian ring beads alternately, also, a few carnelian beads. In the middle a banded sard. 38 beads in all |
| 9202 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Necklace Silver double conoids and small silver ball beads. 4 or 5 small to 1 large. And a number of slightly convex lozenge lapis beads. |
| 9205 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver finger ring 2 1/2 coilds of silver wire and fragments of 2 or 3 silver rings. |
| 9216 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver pin Rounded in section [drawing] [type] IX |
| 9226 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver finger ring 2 1/2 coils of fairly thin wire Finger bones adhering |
| 9254 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Wire 1 1/2 coils of fairly thick silver wire |
| 9273 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Ear Ring 1 1/2 coils Thickened ends |
| 9276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver ear-ring [drawing] |
| 9277A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Finger rings Silver and copper Fastened together by corrosion (See field notes) |
| 9278 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver chain 2 fragments of square section, crotchet links. |
| 9279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads Lapis and silver, with 1 carnelian. Shape [refers to drawing] [drawing] |
| 9305 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver head ornament(?) [drawing] 1:1 |
| 9325A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A]Finger ring and [B] earrings. Silver. Finger ring of plain silver wire. Earrings complicated, three sets of spiral lunar-ended coils hang one from the other. [drawing] |
| 9327 | (none) | (none) | B16801 | Beads Very small gold beds, small lapis, and silver disks: also, one long bugle of bloodstone. For order see Field Notes. | |
| 9334A | (none) | (none) | B17805 | Silver vases Spouted (A) In remarkably good condition, but the spout has been bent back touching the rim. (B) Exactly similar, but the lower part is broken and badly warped |
| 9334B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver vases Spouted (A) In remarkably good condition, but the spout has been bent back touching the rim. (B) Exactly similar, but the lower part is broken and badly warped |
| 9362 | 47-29-316 | (none) | B17085 | Set of silver toilet instruments, tweezers, knife, and two stilettos suspended from a silver ring. No case was found with set. [card seems to be a replacement] | |
| 9365 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Decorated silver disk with central boss of electrum. d. 0.09 m. In poor condition. |
| 9524 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earring Of base silver(?) or copper [drawing] |
| 9532 | (none) | (none) | B16913 | Earring: silver a double ring of plain wire | |
| 9533 | (none) | (none) | B16914 | Earring: silver Two spiral rings, each with heavy lunar ends, interlaced | |
| 9537A | (none) | (none) | B16918 | Beads A/ Short string, long carnelian bugle, and 3 smaller ditto., separated by silver balls. B/ Diamond shaped lapis beads alternating with flat silver-plate beads. [drawing] C/ Mixed string of small gold fluted balls, lapis, carnelian, agate and paste, restrung mostly in original order (see Field Notes) except that there are no silver beads: in the field notes the 2 strings B & C were probably confused) | |
| 9537B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads A/ Short string, long carnelian bugle, and 3 smaller ditto., separated by silver balls. B/ Diamond shaped lapis beads alternating with flat silver-plate beads. [drawing] C/ Mixed string of small gold fluted balls, lapis, carnelian, agate and paste, restrung mostly in original order (see Field Notes) except that there are no silver beads: in the field notes the 2 strings B & C were probably confused) |
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Copper Alloy - Electrum - Gold - Iron - Lead
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