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%.

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

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ISR_NOAH"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_ISR_NOAH,PER_ISR_EXILIC Noah ENT_ISR_NOAH Exilic and Post-Exilic PER_ISR_EXILIC high The P source Genesis 6-9 is most likely exilic or early post-exilic (c. 550-450 BCE); direct Babylonian exile contact with Atrahasis and Gilgamesh flood traditions is the most widely accepted transmission mechanism SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE reviewed
ENT_ISR_NOAH,PER_ISR_IRON_AGE Noah ENT_ISR_NOAH Iron Age Israelite PER_ISR_IRON_AGE medium The J source (c. 900-850 BCE) flood narrative reaches written form in the Iron Age; the earlier oral tradition is pre-Iron Age but not recoverable SRC_HEBREW_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]);