Research lead · Animal sculpture

Two animals, two uncertain captions

A boar comparison that begins with identity rather than a verdict.

2 groups · 2 registered records · reviewed 2026-09-19

The Lingjiatan / Identity still open cluster Map Dates

Motif families: Animal sculpture

Identity still open

Unidentified museum animal

One supplied photograph.

Why these examples belong together

Membership records a caption lead, not an archaeological attribution.

Supplied photograph of a boar-like sculpture in a museum

object · Place unresolved

Museum boar · identity open

No geographical pin is assigned from resemblance alone.

Dates, sources & image record

Date unresolvedunresolved · Museum, accession and findspot unresolved.

photograph · Photographer unresolved. Rights unresolved; supplied image for critical comparison. Image record
Existing source image; displayed uncropped. No generated reconstruction.

Supplied-image identity register

Lingjiatan

Lingjiatan animal sculpture

A supplied image attributed to Lingjiatan.

Why these examples belong together

Awaiting object-level confirmation of the caption.

A large pale stone pig carved with a blunt snout and ridged back, lit on a museum plinth

object · Lingjiatan, as captioned

Lingjiatan jade pig

A museum-display photograph now carries the record. Its caption independently repeats the 88 kg weight and tomb 07M23; an excavation report is still the check that would settle them.

Dates, sources & image record

Date unresolvedunresolved · Supplied caption and tomb number need confirmation against a collection or excavation record.

photograph · Cangminzho. CC BY-SA 4.0. Image record
Wikimedia Commons server-rendered JPEG at 1920 px wide; not cropped.

Supplied-image identity register · Jade (stone) pig, Lingjiatan site museum display

Another view of this example

Supplied photograph captioned as the Lingjiatan stone pig
Photographer unresolved · Rights unresolved; supplied image for critical comparison · Image record
Existing source image; displayed uncropped. No generated reconstruction.

The proposed connection

What makes it a question?

The supplied photographs invite a comparison between distant animal sculptures, but one findspot and the other caption remain unverified.

Two supplied images prompted this comparison. Their captions are retained as leads.
Supplied-image identity register

Look closely

What appears to correspond

Each photograph shows a low, elongated animal form.

Keep in the frame

What differs or remains uncertain

The museum object on the other side of the comparison remains unidentified.
The Lingjiatan weight and tomb number now have a second caption-level source, not an excavation report.
Material, size, condition and reconstruction are not yet securely comparable.

Transmission check

Transmission not yet assessed

The comparison is not yet identified or dated well enough to exclude ordinary transmission, later borrowing or an image-selection effect.

What would move this forward

Identify the unresolved museum object and obtain its collection record.
Trace the Lingjiatan pig to an excavation publication for tomb 07M23.
Check whether repairs or display angles change the apparent silhouette.

Follow the evidence

Sources & scope

Provisional editorial record; no independent specialist sign-off. Status describes review depth, not the probability of a historical connection.

project · Deep Memory
Supplied-image identity register
Preserves captions, uncertainties and supplied images. A social caption is not an independent archaeological identification.
museum · Cangminzho
Jade (stone) pig, Lingjiatan site museum display
A museum-display photograph whose caption independently gives about 88 kg and tomb 07M23, matching the supplied caption. Two caption-level sources still are not an excavation report.