Note 141 — Chapter VI · THE RITUAL DANCE ROUND A SACRED OBJECT
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The name “calf,” ʿēgel, instead of “bull” or “cow,” refers to its smallness (perhaps in irony). Such images could not have been large as they were made of precious metal. But even when made of other materials, such as clay, they were small, to judge from the specimens found on the site of ancient Gezer.