Plaque with Relief of a Sacred Merriage Çatalhöyük Neolithic first half of 6th mill. B.C. Baked clay Ankara, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

This is one of the earliest known representations of a sacred marriage. On the left is an embracing couple, on the right a woman with a child in her arms. The scene explains in a narrative fashion the physical relationship between a man and a woman, and the result of this, a woman with a child.