5049821 King Sahure and a Nome God, c. 2458??446 BC (gneiss) by Egyptian 5th Dynasty (c.2494-2345 BC); 64 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: From Egypt, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Sahure Seated on a throne, the king is offered an ankh (hieroglyph "life") by a local god of the Coptite nome, whose double-falcon standard is carved above his head. Sahure wears the nemes headcloth and straight beard of a living pharaoh. The flaring hood of the uraeus, cobra goddess who protected kings, on his brow.); Egyptian, out of copyright.