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Delphinia Salamin further:
“The predator-prey formula: A wild predator or a hound brings down a panicked animal in
flight.
Conventional handholds used by pursuing hounds to hunt down their prey:

a. Gripping the hindquarters: The hound reaches forward and bites the hind leg or tail of the
prey.
b. Bite to forequarters: The hound reaches forward and bites the head or neck of the prey
animal.

c. Catching the prey: The hound lies down on its prey; the prey lies full length on its back in
a horizontal position on the ground, the head turned back in full submission.
d. A face-to-face encounter: A hound or lion meets its prey face to face.

One of the most important representations of the hunting scene in its complete form is

found in the pyramid temple of Sahure, 5th Dynasty Old Kingdom.”

Sahure Hunting Scene 5th Dynasty Old Kingdom, from Borchardt Plate 17 Leipzig 1913 [44]

-Hunting scene in the pyramid temple of Sahure, 5th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, 2490 to 2475
BC.

Borchardt (p.34):
“The pharaoh stands with his bow cocked outside the enclosed area where the wild animals
are trapped and shot at with arrows by the pharaoh. Behind the Pharaoh stand high officials
and family members who participate in the hunt as if on a spectator's stand. On the right
side beyond the net depicted are drivers harassing the game with lassos and clubs. The

terrain is enclosed in the desert.