Leopard seems to have had some sort of religious meaning to them. They have also found other sculptures where humans were carrying live leopards on their back

Leopard seems to have had some sort of religious meaning to them. They have also found other sculptures where humans were carrying live leopards on their back in the same region. https://arkeonews.net/a-unique-11000-year-old-statue-of-a-human-sitting-on-a-leopard-unearthed-at-karahantepe/ https://arkeonews.net/a-unique-11000-year-old-statue-of-a-hu...