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'}

1 row where entity_id = "ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS,PER_ROM_IMPERIAL Jupiter Heliopolitanus ENT_ROM_JUPITER_HELIOPOLITANUS Roman Imperial PER_ROM_IMPERIAL high Chief god of the Heliopolitan triad at Baalbek (Heliopolis, Lebanon): the Romanized Baal/Hadad of Heliopolis assimilated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Depicted as a stiff, frontal, cuirassed figure flanked by bulls, holding a whip and ears of grain, with a calathos and busts of the planetary gods. Centre of one of the largest temple complexes of the Roman world. The triad's two other members are Venus Heliopolitana and Mercury Heliopolitanus. Attested epigraphically at Baalbek and in dedications across the empire; Beard/North/Price discuss the Heliopolitan cult. SRC_BEARD_ROMAN_RELIGIONS 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]);