Here's a ref guide for you: PROGMEM - Arduino Reference
And a working example.
const byte prog[2][2] PROGMEM = { {1, 2}, {3, 4} };
void setup() {
// put your setup code here, to run once:
Serial.begin(9600);
for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
Serial.print(F("prog["));
Serial.print(i);
Serial.print(F("]["));
Serial.print(j);
Serial.print(F("] = "));
Serial.println(pgm_read_byte_near(&prog[i][j]));
}
}
}
void loop() { }