Fishermen drawing a net, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 2040 – 1640 BC

These eleven fragments come from a vignette depicting six men fishing with a seine. They stand on one register line, holding the rope with which they are pulling the net forward. Below them, a small part of the net full of fish is preserved.
From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Khety (TT 311, MMA 508), MMA excavations, 1922–23/1926–27
Middle Kingdom