entity_periods: ENT_ROM_DEA_SYRIA, PER_ROM_IMPERIAL

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%.

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entity_id	period_id	confidence	rationale	source_id	review_status
ENT_ROM_DEA_SYRIA	PER_ROM_IMPERIAL	high	The 'Syrian Goddess' as a cult within Roman religion: the Roman reception of Atargatis of Hierapolis-Bambyce. Her itinerant galli-style priests, ecstatic rites, sacred fish and lions, and processions are described by Lucian (De Dea Syria) and satirized by Apuleius (Metamorphoses 8). Spread through Syrian merchant and slave communities; a temple stood on the Janiculum at Rome. This entity is the Roman cult-form; the underlying deity is the existing ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS, to which it is wired. Beard/North/Price treat Dea Syria among the oriental cults.	SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS	reviewed