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_EGY_OGDOAD"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_EGY_OGDOAD,PER_EGY_MIDDLE_KINGDOM Ogdoad ENT_EGY_OGDOAD Middle Kingdom PER_EGY_MIDDLE_KINGDOM high The Ogdoad as a systematized collective of eight primordial pairs is fully attested in the Coffin Texts (Middle Kingdom; c. 2055-1650 BCE); the Coffin Texts develop the Hermopolitan cosmogony where the Ogdoad creates itself in the primordial waters (Nun) and produces the sun on the primordial mound; the Middle Kingdom is the period of the Ogdoad's theological consolidation SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed
ENT_EGY_OGDOAD,PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM Ogdoad ENT_EGY_OGDOAD New Kingdom PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM high The New Kingdom Book of the Dead (spell 175) and the Amduat develop the Ogdoad's role in the cosmological narrative; the Hermopolitan creation myth is integrated into New Kingdom royal theology; the Ogdoad's connection to Thoth's city (Khmun = Hermopolis) remains theologically significant throughout the New Kingdom SRC_HORNUNG_DUAT reviewed
ENT_EGY_OGDOAD,PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM Ogdoad ENT_EGY_OGDOAD Old Kingdom PER_EGY_OLD_KINGDOM medium The Ogdoad (eight primordial deities of Hermopolis Magna: Nun/Naunet, Amun/Amaunet, Heh/Hauhet, Kuk/Kauket — representing primordial water, hiddenness, infinity, and darkness) has roots in Old Kingdom theology; the individual members Nun and Amun appear in the Pyramid Texts; the full systematization as an "eight" (Hmnyw, the Ogdoad) is attested from this period 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]);