Smelter's Crucible
Object type: Crucible
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Pottery
Dimensions: L. 14.5 × W. 4.2 cm (5 11/16 × 1 5/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Tomb of Senenmut (TT 353)
Locus: Foundation deposit, scattered
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1926–27
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession year: 1927