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'}

5 rows where period_id = "PER_DMT_AKSUM"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_AKS_ASTAR,PER_DMT_AKSUM Astar ENT_AKS_ASTAR Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high Aksumite reflex of the South-Arabian astral god ʿAthtar (Venus), named first in Ezana's pre-Christian triad 'Astar, Beher and Medr'. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_AKS_BEHER,PER_DMT_AKSUM Beher ENT_AKS_BEHER Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high Aksumite god of the sea (later 'land/country'), named in Ezana's triad; in the Greek version the maritime deity corresponds to Poseidon. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_AKS_MAHREM,PER_DMT_AKSUM Mahrem ENT_AKS_MAHREM Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high Chief god and divine ancestor of the Aksumite kings, 'invincible to the enemy'; Ezana's Greek inscription equates him with Ares and styles the king 'son of Mahrem'. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_AKS_MEDR,PER_DMT_AKSUM Medr ENT_AKS_MEDR Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high Aksumite earth god (Geʿez medr = 'earth/land'), the third member of Ezana's pre-Christian triad, aligned with the Greek earth deity. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM reviewed
ENT_AKS_PANTHEON,PER_DMT_AKSUM The Pre-Christian Aksumite Pantheon ENT_AKS_PANTHEON Dʿmt and Pre-Christian Aksum PER_DMT_AKSUM high The pagan deities worshipped in the Dʿmt kingdom and pre-Christian Aksum, attested in the pre-monotheist inscriptions of King Ezana and in Dʿmt-period South-Arabian-derived dedications. SRC_MUNRO_HAY_AKSUM 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]);