entity_periods: ENT_EGY_IHY, PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM
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| entity_id | period_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENT_EGY_IHY | PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM | high | Ihy (the sistrum-player; child god of music and joy) is named in the Pyramid Texts (PT Utterance 334: "Ihy, son of Hathor, golden one"); he represents the ecstatic joy produced by Hathor's sistrum; the Dendera cult of Ihy as divine child is the New Kingdom/Ptolemaic elaboration of an Old Kingdom foundation | SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS | reviewed |