She is giving birth and rest hands (now lost) upon two felines,probably leopards,which form the arm-rests of her throne. They may also indicate another of her aspects,that of tamer or ruler of wild animals.if so,she would prefigure a great sequence of mother Goddesses-inanna/Ishtar in ancient Egypt and Babylon,Isis in ancient Egypt and Cybele in ancient Anatolia and Greece. They all walk with lions or sit upon a lions throne Cybele even rides a chariot drawn by lions. (They have been similarly interpreted,as showing the goddess giving birth but this may be doubted as they do not show female breasts or genitalia clearly.)