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

12 rows where period_id = "PER_HARRANIAN"

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ENT_HRN_AGATHODAIMON,PER_HARRANIAN Agathodaimon as Harranian Prophet-Sage ENT_HRN_AGATHODAIMON Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high Agathodaimon ('Good Spirit'), paired with Hermes in Hermetic literature, is named alongside Hermes as a prophet/teacher of the Harranian Sabians in the Fihrist tradition; lesser-attested than Hermes. Same figure as the existing pan-Hermetic ENT_LAT_AGATHOS_DAIMON_HERMETIC ('Agathos Daimon'), to which this Harranian-reception entity is wired (homonym/reception, not a duplicate). SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_APHRODITE_VENUS,PER_HARRANIAN Aphrodite (Venus / Ishtar) of Harran ENT_HRN_APHRODITE_VENUS Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high Venus-deity of the heptad, the planet al-Zuhra, identified with Greek Aphrodite and Mesopotamian Ishtar; lesser benefic per the Fihrist and Green. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_ARES_MARS,PER_HARRANIAN Ares (Mars / Nergal) of Harran ENT_HRN_ARES_MARS Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high Mars-deity of the heptad, identified with Greek Ares and Mesopotamian Nergal; malefic planet with red-tinged blood rites described in the Fihrist and Green. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_HERMES_MERCURY,PER_HARRANIAN Hermes-Nabu (Mercury) of Harran ENT_HRN_HERMES_MERCURY Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high Mercury-deity of the heptad, identified with Greek Hermes and Mesopotamian Nabu; in Harranian thought the planetary Mercury blurs into the prophet-sage Hermes Trismegistus. Distinct entity from the prophet-sage ENT_HRN_HERMES_TRISMEGISTUS below. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_HERMES_TRISMEGISTUS,PER_HARRANIAN Hermes Trismegistus (=Idris) as Harranian Prophet-Sage ENT_HRN_HERMES_TRISMEGISTUS Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high The Harranian Sabians claimed Hermes (identified with Qur'anic Idris/Enoch) as their prophet and Hermetic writings as scripture, a claim that legitimized them under Islam; documented by Ibn al-Nadim and analyzed in Green. Wired by reception_of to existing ENT_HER_TRISMEGISTUS and equated_with ENT_ISL_IDRIS. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_KRONOS_SATURN,PER_HARRANIAN Kronos (Saturn) of Harran ENT_HRN_KRONOS_SATURN Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high Saturn-deity of the heptad, identified with Greek Kronos and Mesopotamian Ninurta/Ninib; black-clad rites attested in the Fihrist and Green. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_PLANETARY_ASCENT,PER_HARRANIAN The Planetary Ascent of the Soul (Harranian) ENT_HRN_PLANETARY_ASCENT Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high Hermetic-derived Harranian doctrine that the purified soul ascends through the seven planetary spheres, shedding each planet's qualities, to return to its celestial origin; the conceptual link between the planetary cult and Hermetic philosophy per Green and the Corpus Hermeticum (esp. CH I, Poimandres). SRC_CORPUS_HERMETICUM reviewed
ENT_HRN_PLANETARY_SEVEN,PER_HARRANIAN The Seven Planetary Deities of Harran (al-Aṣnām al-Sabʿa) ENT_HRN_PLANETARY_SEVEN Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high Collective hub for the seven planetary gods venerated by the Harranian Sabians, each with its own temple and planetary metal/color/day; attested in Ibn al-Nadim's Fihrist and analyzed in Green, City of the Moon God. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_SHAMASH_SUN,PER_HARRANIAN Shamash (the Sun) of Harran ENT_HRN_SHAMASH_SUN Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high The Sun-deity of the Harranian heptad, continuing Mesopotamian Shamash and identified with Helios; attested via Ibn al-Nadim and analyzed in Green. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_SIN_MOON,PER_HARRANIAN Sin (the Moon) of Harran [Sabian cult-phase] ENT_HRN_SIN_MOON Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high The Moon-god, supreme deity of Harran whose great temple (E-hulhul) defined the city's identity; the Sabian planetary continuation of the older Aramean/Mesopotamian Sin. Wired to the existing ENT_ARA_SIN_HARRAN and ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN rather than duplicating them. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_TEMPLES,PER_HARRANIAN The Planetary Temples of Harran (Buyut al-Kawakib) ENT_HRN_TEMPLES Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high The set of temples assigned to each planet, reportedly built in distinctive geometric forms (e.g. the round/square/triangular houses) keyed to each planet, described in the Fihrist and Picatrix-related traditions and analyzed in Green. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD reviewed
ENT_HRN_ZEUS_JUPITER,PER_HARRANIAN Zeus (Jupiter / Bel) of Harran ENT_HRN_ZEUS_JUPITER Harranian Sabian Star-Religion PER_HARRANIAN high Jupiter-deity, identified with Zeus/Bel-Marduk; benefic planet of the heptad per Ibn al-Nadim and Green. SRC_GREEN_MOON_GOD 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]);