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The head of the animal drawn in profile is represented by a rough circle; its eye is indicated by a dot, its tail by a horizontal line, and its legs by four perpendicular lines ending in horizontal strokes pointing leftwards. Mazar claims that the animal may represent a lion.
The details of the face of the diving man are drawn in dots and lines; the hair is indicated by lines springing from the skull; the legs are indicated by two long lines ending in feet; the hanging arms are represented by double lines running in a continuation of the lines of the body; all five fingers of the hand are indicated. Mazar identifies the criss-cross decoration of the rectangle as a tunic. Mazar claims that this composite scene has a specific meaning. The drawing is primitive and carelessly executed.
Mazar, Beth She'arim: Raport on the Excavations During 1936-1940, 1973 vol.I, pp.185-187, pl.XXXVI:5.