Reading from top to bottom, the upper scene
from the back is repeated. The next register shows the record of a
decisive battle with Narmer wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt and directing the
soldiers marching in front of him. To the right are the neatly arranged, beheaded bodies
of his defeated enemies. Again, he is by far the largest figure in the scene. The largest
register depicts two of Narmer's servants controlling two
lionesses with leashes (their stylized, intertwined necks create the space in which
the eye makeup was mixed). The implication is that Narmer controls the servants who, in
turn, control the cats—another declaration of authority. Narmer appears in the bottom
scene in the guise of a bull (Egyptian gods could also change
their shape) and crushes a rebellious town.
