A wall relief found in 2021 at the site of Sayburç (“sigh-boorch”) depicts a man holding his penis between two of these animals. They aren’t bulls, but a book called [This animal’s] Tale by Ian Hodder documents his work at Çatalhöyük (“chah-TAHL-hey-yook”), where iconography of these animals is common, but not their remains. Pottery from the Khami culture is often found in the same archaeological layers as the more decorative ceramics of a culture named for these animals’ “Kopje” (“kawp-yuh”). The Magerius Mosaic found in modern (*) Tunisia depicts four of these animals being killed in a venatio show. The Narmer palette depicts two long-necked beasts whose modern name combines that of these animals with “serpent.” According to Pliny, these animals were a hybrid of a beast named for its mottled coat and a lioness. For 10 points, name these Old World big cats long thought to be distinct from black panthers. ■END■
ANSWER: leopards [or Panthera pardus; accept Leopard’s Kopje; accept serpopard or pard; accept black panther before mention; prompt on cheetahs or Acinonyx jubatus by asking “what other animal was often conflated with the cheetah?”]
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