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_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS,PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM Four Sons of Horus ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS New Kingdom PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM high New Kingdom standardizes the canonical pairing of each Son with a specific canopic jar, specific internal organ, and specific protective goddess (Isis/Imsety; Nephthys/Hapy; Neith/Duamutef; Selket/Qebehsenuef); Book of the Dead spells (esp. BD 151) are the primary New Kingdom texts SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT reviewed
ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM Four Sons of Horus ENT_EGY_FOUR_SONS_OF_HORUS Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM high The Four Sons of Horus are named as a divine group in the Pyramid Texts (e.g. PT Utterance 552, § 1360); each guards one of the four cardinal directions; their role as guardians of the deceased king's viscera is established here in its earliest surviving form SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS 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]);