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'}

7 rows where period_id = "PER_MES_UR_III"

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ENT_MES_DUMUZI_TAMMUZ,PER_MES_UR_III Dumuzi/Tammuz ENT_MES_DUMUZI_TAMMUZ Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III high The Inanna-Dumuzi love poetry corpus is preserved in Ur III and early Old Babylonian manuscripts; the Descent of Inanna (ETCSL 1.4.1) with its Dumuzi substitution narrative is a Ur III-era composition SRC_ETCSL reviewed
ENT_MES_ENLIL,PER_MES_UR_III Enlil ENT_MES_ENLIL Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III high Enlil's role as the supreme authority who grants kingship is central to the Ur III political theology; Ur III royal hymns consistently invoke Enlil; Nippur (his cult city) was the religious capital of the Ur III empire SRC_ETCSL reviewed
ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,PER_MES_UR_III Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III high The major Inanna hymn corpus (Hymns to Inanna by Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon; the Descent of Inanna) is preserved in Ur III manuscripts; Enheduanna's hymns (c. 2285-2250 BCE) are the oldest attributed literary compositions in history SRC_ETCSL reviewed
ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN,PER_MES_UR_III Nanna/Sin ENT_MES_NANNA_SIN Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III high The Ur III period is the peak of Nanna/Sin worship; Ur-Namma and Shulgi (Ur III kings) dedicated major hymns to Nanna; the e-kiš-nu-gál temple at Ur was reconstructed by Ur-Namma; Nanna is the patron deity of the Ur III dynasty SRC_ETCSL reviewed
ENT_MES_NINGAL,PER_MES_UR_III Ningal ENT_MES_NINGAL Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III high Ningal's major attestation is in the Ur III lament literature; the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur is a Ur III-era composition; her temple at Ur (e-kiš-nu-gál) was a major Ur III cult center SRC_ETCSL reviewed
ENT_MES_NINGIRIDA,PER_MES_UR_III Ningirida ENT_MES_NINGIRIDA Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III high Wife of the chthonic god Ninazu and mother of Ningishzida, appearing alongside Ninazu from the Ur III period. SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO reviewed
ENT_MES_NINLIL,PER_MES_UR_III Ninlil ENT_MES_NINLIL Ur III / Sumerian Renaissance PER_MES_UR_III high The Enlil and Ninlil myth (ETCSL 1.2.1) is preserved primarily in Ur III and Old Babylonian manuscripts; she is a central figure in Ur III Nippur liturgy SRC_ETCSL 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]);