Smelting Crucible
Object type: Crucible, smelting
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Medium: Pottery
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: against Mentuhotep wall under Middle Terrace
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1930–31
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931