This illustration of the clay fragment shows paw, claw and arm imprints. Shimon Gibson / Mount Zion Expedition Mount Zion, pictured here from the west, lies just outside Jerusalem's Old City walls.

"The paw print itself had a measurement of around [1.2 square inches], and the claw markings were still evident, cut deeply into the clay," said Shimon Gibson, the co-director of the ...

A Cat Left Its Claw Print on This Pottery Shard 1,200 Years Ago The newfound relic offers the earliest proof that cats have kneaded across eras. Left: Horatio Henri Couldery, Forget-Me-Not .

He added: "When I saw the prints, and the distinct claws, I immediately thought that they were big cat paws, like a lynx or a puma or something. Article continues below ...

Cats retract their claws when they walk so there are typically no claw marks. Cat paws are seen in the snow on a driveway on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 in Albany, N.Y. (Photo by Lori Van Buren/Albany ...

PAW prints thought to belong to a large cat have been dismissed as a hoax. The prints, thought to belong to a lynx, were found in snow on New Year's Eve at Billingham Bottoms, Billingham, Teesside ...

The cat's ancient paw print measures 1.2 inches across. Shimon Gibson / Mount Zion Expedition. More than a millennia ago, a cat came upon a fresh piece of pottery in Jerusalem.