Showing my students some medieval pottery from Yemen at the ROM today, including this one with a cat's paw impression in it! #MedievalSky #Archaeology #ArchaeologyOfStuff 🏺 - ThreadSky

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robertmason.bsky.social • 18 days ago

Showing my students some medieval pottery from Yemen at the ROM today, including this one with a cat's paw impression in it!

#MedievalSky #Archaeology #ArchaeologyOfStuff 🏺

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ellpezz.bsky.social•18 days ago

Interesting that the cat's claws are extended, not retracted as you'd normally see. Are we sure it's a cat?

yraceauntie.bsky.social•18 days ago

I wonder if the potter did it purposefully? It looks like the way you fan your cat’s beans out for a claw trim.

damemyniah.bsky.social•18 days ago

@catsofyore.bsky.social

caldmurchfield.bsky.social•18 days ago

More proof that they have always been jerks! 😹😼

madmayday.bsky.social•18 days ago

Nice claws!

meganfoodhistorian.bsky.social•18 days ago

Just beautiful!🐾

akerbeltz.bsky.social•18 days ago

You sure that's a cat and not a canid?

tsundokupuzzle.bsky.social•18 days ago

More proof that cuneiform tablets were made by cats

bpsabelhaus.bsky.social•17 days ago

Somebody needs a nail trim.
Definitely a cat paw. Ancient domesticated were a bit different, more wild traits probably even intermixing with local wild felines still.

amchristensen.bsky.social•18 days ago

What was the original vessel profile? Trying to imagine a cat stepping into a bowl or jar.

robertmason.bsky.social•18 days ago

It was a bowl.

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