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[–] Barabas@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pithos A is also painted with other motifs, most of which are known in the Canaanite pottery painting tradition, including a cow suckling a calf, a “tree of life” flanked by two horned animals, a lion and a wild boar hunted by predators (Beck 2002: 94–133).

I'd assumed it was a cow (udders being ridiculously large is a fairly new thing), but I'm confused why wikipedia cites it as a bull when the only mention of it in the source it cites calls it a cow. The above is their citation.

[–] dom@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I was confused about the article referring to it as a bull too. Thanks for pointing out that the source calls it a cow.