Sahure and a Nome God. Fifth Dynasty, reign of Sahure (ca. 2458–2446 B.C.E.). Gneiss; H. 25 1/4 in. (64 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1918 (18.2.4).

Sahure, second king of the Fifth Dynasty, sits on a throne with the small god of the Coptite nome, named by the symbols carved above his head, standing next to him. The king's names are located on the front of his seat, and on the base are the remains of a speech in which the god promises the good things of the south to the king. As in the Menkaure groups it emulates, the intimacy between the royal figure and the god is expressed through the similar appearance of the two figures and the god's quiet gesture toward the king.