IMAGE OF LIONESSES 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.
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