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'}

6 rows where period_id = "PER_ARM_PAGAN"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_ARM_ANAHIT,PER_ARM_PAGAN Anahit ENT_ARM_ANAHIT Pre-Christian Armenian PER_ARM_PAGAN high The most widely attested Armenian deity; cult at Erez/Ashtishat described by Strabo and Agathangelos; golden statue melted by Roman soldiers in 36 BCE; royal epithet "Anahit the Golden" used by Artaxiad kings. SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD,PER_ARM_PAGAN Aramazd ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD Pre-Christian Armenian PER_ARM_PAGAN high Attested in Agathangelos and Khorenatsi as the supreme deity of the Armenian pantheon through the Artaxiad and Arsacid periods until conversion in 301 CE; cult at Ani, Bagaran, and Ashtishat. SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK,PER_ARM_PAGAN Astghik ENT_ARM_ASTGHIK Pre-Christian Armenian PER_ARM_PAGAN high Cult at Ashtishat attested in Khorenatsi I.15; the Vardavar festival survived into the Christian period, confirming deep pre-Christian roots. Agathangelos §22 on the Aphrodite equation. SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARM_NANE,PER_ARM_PAGAN Nane ENT_ARM_NANE Pre-Christian Armenian PER_ARM_PAGAN high Temple at Tiliē; Agathangelos §22 explicitly names her as daughter of Aramazd and equates with Athena. Present throughout the Artaxiad-Arsacid cult period. SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARM_TIR,PER_ARM_PAGAN Tir ENT_ARM_TIR Pre-Christian Armenian PER_ARM_PAGAN high Temple at Artashat; Agathangelos §22 provides the most detailed description. Present throughout the Artaxiad-Arsacid cult period. SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY reviewed
ENT_ARM_VAHAGN,PER_ARM_PAGAN Vahagn ENT_ARM_VAHAGN Pre-Christian Armenian PER_ARM_PAGAN high Vahagn birth hymn (Khorenatsi I.31) preserves archaic oral tradition; cult at Ashtishat attested by Khorenatsi and Agathangelos; present throughout the pre-Christian period. SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY 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]);