entity_periods: ENT_EGY_SHAI, PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM

Period assignments linking entities to the historical periods when they are attested. An entity may span multiple periods. All Greek entities are assigned; Egyptian tradition is fully covered; total coverage exceeds 70%.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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entity_id	period_id	confidence	rationale	source_id	review_status
ENT_EGY_SHAI	PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM	high	New Kingdom Book of the Dead (BD 25, BD 30) regularly includes Shai at the weighing of the heart alongside Thoth and Anubis; Shai represents the deceased's allotted fate that is weighed against the feather of Maat; the New Kingdom funerary papyri are his primary extensive attestation	SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS	reviewed