Gone Fishing

Here’s a second image from a tomb at Saqqara, Egypt. This relief shows a fishing scene, with a man in a boat dipping a sort of scoop-like net. The most compelling detail, however, are the reeds on the left, and if you look closely you’ll see a frog with his eyes on a dragonfly (the frog, too, is seeking a meal, like the fishermen; but he seems to be a bit intimidated by the size of the dragonfly). Above them a cricket suns himself on a branch. Note, too, the prow of the reed canoe the fishermen are using.