Seated goddess holding a young leopard to her breast.
Baked clay. From Hacılar (near Burdur), mid 6th millennium BC.
The sculpture depicted the bonds between the mother goddess and the untamed world.

Correspondent: J.M.Criel, Antwerpen.
Source: ‘Anadolu Uygarlıkları’ (Anatolian Civilisations) – Prof.Dr. Ekrem Akurgal