The figurine, which sits atop a ceramic jug in a posture resembling Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker," dates back to the Middle Bronze Age II (c. 1800–1600 BCE).

It was found in a tomb accompanied by various items, including daggers, spearheads, an axe head, a knife, two male sheep, and a donkey, all likely buried as offerings.

The find was revealed on 23 November 2016 in excavations carried out by the Authority in Yehud, a suburb of the city of Tel Aviv, just north of Ben Gurion Airport.

[5][13] Gilad Itach, head of the excavations and doctoral candidate at Bar-Ilan University,[14] speculates that this is a set of burial offerings, probably in honor of an important person of the community there.

The era is characterised by the influences from neighbouring peoples, such as the Egyptians, the Mesopotamians and even the Minoans, with various trade relations, the development of new types of pottery, the extensive use of copper and the cultivation of the vine.