Mereruka accompanied by his wife (at similar height) followed by several registers of scribes and servants . Watetkhethor holds her husband's wrist, both facing north. Together they are receiving fish and birds brought to them by fishermen and fowlers of registers facing them.
This central area of the wall is divided into several registers and is related to the image of Mereruka and his wife. In the lowest two registers, fish are shown in great detail being netted. Above these two registers is one showing the catch being carried towards the deceased. This register has only survived at its lower edge.
The only indication of fowling is the small surviving part a register at the far upper left of this central area and the partial text placed in front of Mereruka. The fishing scene shows the various methods which the Egyptians practised, from the use of a simple line to the large-scale use of nets and baskets (
. The scene also shows a large variety of fish in exquisite detail.
Seated in the boat, at the left-hand side of the next-to-bottom register, is shown Mereruka's brother, "His brother, the land-tenant and elder of the dockyard, Ihy."
. He is eating fish and drinking from a cup held by a servant. This image of Ihy is very different from that found on the south wall of chamber A3; here he is very plump .
The smaller section, at the north end of the wall, is again of the deceased followed by his wife (at a smaller scale) facing north . This time he is preceded by and even smaller scale image of his son, Meryteti, who holds a bird in his right hand. Preceding the family group are several sub-registers of servants, one of whom leads a baboon and two dogs.
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