Double gneiss statue of pharaoh with Sahure Nome God, 5th Dynasty, Old Kingdom;Now at gallery 103 of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sahure wears the nemes headcloth and straight false beard of a living pharaoh. The flaring hood of the uraeus, the cobra goddess who protected Egyptian kings, is visible on his brow. The nome god wears the archaic wig and curling beard of a deity.