Red polished pottery from the Naqada Period often bears geometric decoration, while figured decoration is much rarer. It is found on the interior of shallow oval cups and on the exterior of narrow vases. The Brussels piece belongs to the latter category. Eight individuals, probably all male, make up just the one scene, which is difficult to understand. It could perhaps refer to a traditional scene of victory, in that four persons, necks tied together in pairs, are probably defeated enemies.
C. De Wit - P. Gilbert, Oud-Egyptische Kunst in twintig beelden - Vingt oeuvres de l'Égypte ancienne, Bruxelles 1963, pl. I
J.-Ch. Balty, e.a., Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel, Oudheid - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles, Antiquité - The Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Antiquity, Bruxelles 1988, 12
Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis. Algemene gids met plan - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire. Guide général et plan, Bruxelles 1989, 8
F. Lefebvre et B. Van Rinsveld, L'Égypte. Des Pharaons aux Coptes, Bruxelles 1990, 16
S. Hendrickx, Prehistorische en vroegdynastische oudheden uit Egypte - Antiquités préhistoriques et protodynastiques d'Égypte, Bruxelles 1994, 22-23
Ch. Freeman, L'héritage de l'Ancienne Égypte, Oxford 1997, 23
R. Schulz et M. Seidel (Éd.), Egypte. Het land van de farao's, Cologne 1998, 15 fig. 12
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