The little statue shown here, cast in bronze and gilded, is of a seated goddess with a disk-like headdress, big eyes wide open and her face has a serene expression. She is wearing a long dress, earrings and a necklace. Her headdress probably represents the sun, as highlighted by the presence of a star-like motif which may symbolise the rays of the sun. An almost identical statue, but made in gold, can be found in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum and has been interpreted as the sun goddess, Arinna, a major Hittite divinity. The goddess is holding a naked child on her lap, probably cast separately and then attached. The chair on which they are seated is backless and has lion paws, while the whole figure is supported by a flat platform.
Another possible interpretation, suggested by Mr Barakat, is a Christian Central American statue made in pre-Columbian style of the Virgin Mary bearing the child.