Deep Memory/ Clues to a deeper past
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Across cultural traditions

Animal sculpture

Boars, pigs and unseparated animal images from the inputs.

2 selected records · 1 intake lead. Membership records a resemblance; it does not establish common origin.

Compare the recorded features

Each row describes one object, surface or textual scope. A dash means “not recorded”, not “absent”. Features across different rows do not establish co-occurrence.

Record & scopeAnimal form
Museum boar · identity openwhole objectProvisional
Lingjiatan jade pigwhole objectProvisional
Cultural context

Identity still open

Supplied photograph of a boar-like sculpture in a museum
Provisional reading

Museum boar · identity open

Date unresolved

Animal form

Animal form visible; precise identity, source and dates remain under review.

Episode, sources & image

Observation scope: whole object

  • Date unresolved · unresolved
    Museum, accession and findspot unresolved.

Supplied-image identity register

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

Cultural context

Lingjiatan

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

Lingjiatan jade pig

Date unresolved

Animal form

Animal form visible; precise identity, source and dates remain under review.

Episode, sources & image

Observation scope: whole object

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

Supplied-image identity register

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

The identification queue

Leads worth following.

Preserved claims and images, awaiting the checks needed for object records.

Identification open · claim

Animal images still to separate

The architectural photograph and multi-object montage were in the atlas but absent from the catalogue. The montage cannot be coded wholesale as lizards or boars.

Images, source check & next step
Montage of several animal sculptures and reliefs; individual identities need separation.
Montage of several animal sculptures and reliefs; individual identities need separation.
Supplied archive; see original image register. Underlying rights unresolved; reproduced for commentary.
Animal sculpture in an architectural setting; exact photograph untraced.
Animal sculpture in an architectural setting; exact photograph untraced.
Supplied archive; see original image register. Underlying rights unresolved; reproduced for commentary.

Next: Identify each distinct object and its original source; deduplicate repeat views.

Input coverage and identification audit · Supplied-image identity register

Input coverage & corrections · Add an image or source