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'}

8 rows where period_id = "PER_LYDIAN"

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Link entity_id period_id confidence rationale source_id review_status
ENT_LYD_ARTIMUS,PER_LYDIAN Artimus ENT_LYD_ARTIMUS Lydian Kingdom (Iron Age western Anatolia) PER_LYDIAN high Lydian goddess attested in Lydian inscriptions (frequently paired with Pldans), regularly equated with Greek Artemis; her cult is prominent at Sardis and Ephesus' Anatolian background. Munn (2006); Lydian epigraphic corpus. SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS reviewed
ENT_LYD_BAKIVALIS,PER_LYDIAN Bakivalis ENT_LYD_BAKIVALIS Lydian Kingdom (Iron Age western Anatolia) PER_LYDIAN high Lydian theonym/theophoric element (Baki-) reflecting a Dionysus-type wine and ecstatic-cult deity; the Lydian-Phrygian Bakkhos sphere from which the Greek epithet Bakchos is partly drawn. Attestation chiefly onomastic. Munn (2006). SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS reviewed
ENT_LYD_KANDAULES,PER_LYDIAN Kandaules ENT_LYD_KANDAULES Lydian Kingdom (Iron Age western Anatolia) PER_LYDIAN high Lydian divine epithet 'Kandaules' (the 'dog-throttler'), reported by Hipponax as a Lydian title of Hermes; also the throne-name of the last Heraclid king of Sardis (Herodotus 1.7ff). A Hermes-type guardian/psychopomp figure. Munn (2006). SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS reviewed
ENT_LYD_KUVAVA,PER_LYDIAN Kuvava (Kybebe) ENT_LYD_KUVAVA Lydian Kingdom (Iron Age western Anatolia) PER_LYDIAN high The Lydian mother-goddess, attested in Lydian inscriptions as Kuvava and in Greek as Kybebe (Herodotus 5.102; Hipponax names her at Sardis). Descended from the Luwian/Neo-Hittite Kubaba of Carchemish and ancestral to the Phrygian/Greek Cybele; central to Munn's account of Anatolian divine sovereignty. Distinct local form, not the Phrygian Matar. SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS reviewed
ENT_LYD_LAMETRUS,PER_LYDIAN Lametrus ENT_LYD_LAMETRUS Lydian Kingdom (Iron Age western Anatolia) PER_LYDIAN high Lydian goddess attested in inscriptions, identified with Greek Demeter through both name and agrarian function. Reflects the shared Anatolian-Greek grain-mother substrate. Munn (2006); Lydian epigraphy. SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS reviewed
ENT_LYD_PANTHEON,PER_LYDIAN Lydian Pantheon ENT_LYD_PANTHEON Lydian Kingdom (Iron Age western Anatolia) PER_LYDIAN high Collective hub for the deities of the Iron Age Lydian kingdom (Sardis, c. 1200-540 BCE), attested in Lydian-language inscriptions, theophoric names, and Greek sources (Herodotus, Hipponax). Munn (2006). SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS reviewed
ENT_LYD_PLDANS,PER_LYDIAN Pldans ENT_LYD_PLDANS Lydian Kingdom (Iron Age western Anatolia) PER_LYDIAN high Lydian god named in inscriptions (paired with Artimus in protective formulae), conventionally identified with Greek Apollo on phonetic and functional grounds. Attestation is epigraphic and partly conjectural. Munn (2006). SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS reviewed
ENT_LYD_SANTAS,PER_LYDIAN Santas (Sandon) ENT_LYD_SANTAS Lydian Kingdom (Iron Age western Anatolia) PER_LYDIAN high Lydian war- and plague-god, the Anatolian Sandon/Sandas figure interpreted by Greeks as a Heracles. Munn connects him to Lydian dynastic ancestry (the Tylonid/Heraclid line at Sardis); continuous with the Luwian Santa and Cilician Sandas. Attested via theophoric onomastics and the Greek Herakles-equation. SRC_MUNN_MOTHER_GODS 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]);