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'}

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_EGY_BANEBDJEDET"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_EGY_BANEBDJEDET,PER_EGY_EARLY_DYNASTIC Banebdjedet ENT_EGY_BANEBDJEDET Early Dynastic Period PER_EGY_EARLY_DYNASTIC high Banebdjedet (the ram of Mendes; "Ba-soul, lord of Djedet") is attested from Early Dynastic texts at Mendes in the Nile Delta; he is one of the most ancient ram deities; his ram-headed solar theology connects him to the primordial ba-soul of the sun; among the earliest attested Delta deities SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed
ENT_EGY_BANEBDJEDET,PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM Banebdjedet ENT_EGY_BANEBDJEDET New Kingdom PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM high New Kingdom texts include Banebdjedet as a divine counselor in the Contendings of Horus and Seth (Papyrus Chester Beatty I, Ramesside period): he suggests writing to Neith for advice on who should inherit the rulership; this Ramesside text provides his most detailed surviving characterization SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS 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]);