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_SHAI"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_EGY_SHAI,PER_EGY_MIDDLE_KINGDOM Shai ENT_EGY_SHAI Middle Kingdom PER_EGY_MIDDLE_KINGDOM high Shai (fate/fortune personified; literally "that which has been ordained") is first clearly attested in Middle Kingdom Coffin Texts where the individual's destiny at birth is established by Shai; the Coffin Texts are the primary Middle Kingdom source establishing Shai as a named divine entity SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS reviewed
ENT_EGY_SHAI,PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM Shai ENT_EGY_SHAI New Kingdom PER_EGY_NEW_KINGDOM high New Kingdom Book of the Dead (BD 25, BD 30) regularly includes Shai at the weighing of the heart alongside Thoth and Anubis; Shai represents the deceased's allotted fate that is weighed against the feather of Maat; the New Kingdom funerary papyri are his primary extensive attestation 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]);