Entity Periods

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

confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low — certainty of the period assignment'}
rationale
{'description': 'Justification with source citations'}

3 rows where entity_id = "ENT_CAN_DAGON"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_CAN_DAGON,PER_CAN_BRONZE_AGE Dagon ENT_CAN_DAGON Canaanite Bronze Age PER_CAN_BRONZE_AGE high Dagon attested in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle texts (c. 1400-1200 BCE) as father of Baal SRC_WYATT_RELIGIOUS_TEXTS reviewed
ENT_CAN_DAGON,PER_ISR_IRON_AGE Dagon ENT_CAN_DAGON Iron Age Israelite PER_ISR_IRON_AGE high Philistine Dagon attested at Ashdod and Gaza: Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 5; Iron Age continuity SRC_DDD_BIBLE reviewed
ENT_CAN_DAGON,PER_MES_OLD_BAB Dagon ENT_CAN_DAGON Old Babylonian PER_MES_OLD_BAB high Dagan attested at Ebla (c. 2400 BCE) and Mari (c. 1800 BCE) as a major West Semitic deity; predates Ugaritic attestation SRC_DDD_BIBLE reviewed

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CREATE TABLE "entity_periods" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_period_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_periods_entity_id]
    ON [entity_periods] ([entity_id]);