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_MES_NINGAL"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_MES_NINGAL,PER_MES_OLD_BAB Ningal ENT_MES_NINGAL Old Babylonian PER_MES_OLD_BAB high Ningal's role continues in Old Babylonian liturgy; Nanna/Sin hymns of the Old Babylonian period consistently name Ningal as his consort and mother of Inanna and Utu SRC_ETCSL reviewed
ENT_MES_NINGAL,PER_MES_UR_III Ningal ENT_MES_NINGAL Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III high Ningal's major attestation is in the Ur III lament literature; the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur is a Ur III-era composition; her temple at Ur (e-kiš-nu-gál) was a major Ur III cult center SRC_ETCSL 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]);