Entity Sources

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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evidence_type
{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

3 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA"

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ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA,SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION,scholarly attestation Al-Uzza ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA John F. Healey, The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus (Leiden: Brill, 2001) SRC_HEALEY_NABATAEAN_RELIGION scholarly attestation Healey (2001) on Al-Uzza's Nabataean cult and Venus/Aphrodite identification
ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Al-Uzza ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Histories 3.8: "The Arabians call Aphrodite Ourania Alilat" — Alilat is identified with both Al-Lat and Al-Uzza in Arabian tradition; this is the earliest surviving Greek reference to a named Arabian goddess; the Aphrodite Ourania equation establishes her as a Venus-type celestial deity
ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA,SRC_QURAN,direct attestation Al-Uzza ENT_ARA_AL_UZZA Qur’an SRC_QURAN direct attestation Quran 53:19-20: Al-Uzza named alongside Al-Lat and Manat as the "Daughters of Allah"

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);