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Emergent Shapes

Source logic

Attribution compression

later_attribution_compresses_multiple_identity_or_work_routes

A later name, author, title, or dossier compresses several plausible identities, works, or source routes.

Why not canonical?

The point is not merely uncertain identity; it is the compression mechanism itself.

Pattern note

This shape keeps attribution, counterevidence, and candidate objecthood reified separately.

Scope

Use where publishing a clean person/work entity would hide unresolved attribution pressure.

High disruption attribution_history

Example provenance

Curated 30

Claim Levels

L1 14 L2 4 L3 10 L5 2

Linked Item Types

article 2 evidence_path 5 inferon 5 lacuna_candidate 4 promotion_route 13 source_lead 1

Published Articles

Article Published L5 Inferred source

Polyidus poet-sophist identity dossier

A disputed ancient identity relation between musical-poetic and sophistic notices under the Polyidus name.

Weak/ambiguous attestation · Probable warrant · Medium specificity · Medium reconstruction dependence · Source-backed

W
70
A
35
S
62
Ev
3
Article Published L5 Lost text

Lost works attributed to Marsyas of Philippi

A disputed fragmentary work-cluster in Hellenistic historiography

Directly attested edge case · High warrant · High specificity · Medium reconstruction dependence · Source-backed

W
78
A
66
S
72
Ev
3

Frontier and Evidence Objects

L1 Leads

Noetic · Triaged
Zadok Amani attribution-compression inferon

The route has good counterevidence from Friedman and older catalogue tradition, but attribution compression should remain specialist-reviewed. Required sources: Friedman Tarbiz ar…

L2 Candidates

Lost text · Published beta
Lost works attributed to Marsyas of Philippi

Draft lost-work article for the work cluster attributed to Marsyas of Philippi, with attribution uncertainty central.
Other · Review needed
Zadok Amani attribution-compression inferon

Source-backed inferon for a medieval Jewish liturgical-poet attribution seam around Zadok Amani/Imani/Alamani name variants.
Inferred source · Published
Polyidus poet-sophist identity dossier inferon

Inferon for unresolved identity/source-control seam between Polyidus the dithyrambic poet and Polyidus the sophist notice.
Inferred practice · Verified
Asclepius children healing-role comparison inferon

Inferon for Asclepius's children as a scattered healing-role comparison across myth, cult, and medical memory.

Claims and Evidence Paths

Claims

Lost works attributed to Marsyas of Philippi

marsyas_of_philippi_lost_work_cluster_is_attribution_dependent

source_backed · confidence 78
Zadok Amani attribution-compression inferon

is_contested_name_variant_attribution_surface_with_strong_counterevidence

contested · confidence 72
Polyidus poet-sophist identity dossier inferon

polyidus_poet_sophist_notices_need_one_dossier_identity_unresolved

source_backed · confidence 64

Evidence paths

codex-path:17c2d552982d27345b63bfb41850ed4090984dc1dadb9ba4
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 78

Promoted to draft as a fragment-attested lost-work cluster with explicit attribution uncertainty.

codex-path:75607b7b87ae497715c1b6bcda56563a42e72514314e0816
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 74

Codex/subagent reading promoted a narrow inferon only. The family members are attested, but the comparison across mythic lists, cult sites, and healing-function names is synthetic…

codex-path:d88253a816db08e8dd3844ce1582d7db610fd3b2862c3bbe
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 72

Zadok Amani is resolved as a contested source-backed attribution inferon. The counterevidence is too important for a simple article and the object is not yet a bounded missing ent…

codex-path:1be00ac8c030d636a5716ac921e7b7003d17f9cd476f187c
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 68

Codex/subagent reading promoted only an inferon. Older references and institutional catalogues document the Zadok Amani/Imani corpus, while Friedman challenges the simple identifi…

codex-path:0b3547f7faadcb4b58ffeaa0d7ed77af54bd4d73ec3934c9
codex_manual_promotion_v1 · accepted · confidence 64

Codex/subagent reading promoted a narrow inferon only. The core ancient person/notices are directly attested, but the identity relation between poet/musician and sophist notices i…