Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük

It is generally thought[2] to depict a corpulent and fertile Mother goddess[3] in the process of giving birth while seated on her throne, which has two hand rests in the form of feline (lioness, leopard, or panther) heads in a Mistress of Animals motif.

It is a neolithic sculpture shaped by an unknown artist, and was completed in approximately 6000 BC.

It was unearthed by archaeologist James Mellaart in 1961 at Çatalhöyük, Turkey.

Mellaart claimed that the figure represented a fertility goddess worshipped by the people of Çatalhöyük.

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