A small, statuette-size sculpture represents Cupid (Eros in Greek art) holding a big bird against his chest. The motif comes back to the Hellenistic art that introduced several charming representations of children or Erotes with their pets, little dogs or birds
Carved from a small limestone monolith, this statuette is certainly one of the first three-dimensional images of elephant in Near Eastern art; moreover, these large mammals were rarely represented in the rich animal iconography of this prominent culture.
The figurine is flat and slightly rounded. The shield-shaped outline, typical of these idols known as “schematic”, probably represents the silhouette of a seated human body, but without any volume.