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'}

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS,SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS,scholarly attestation Atargatis ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS Edward Lipiński, The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 100; Peeters, Leuven, 2000) SRC_LIPINSKI_ARAMEANS scholarly attestation Lipiński (2000) pp. 589-610: Atargatis in the Aramean epigraphic corpus; theonym analysis (Atar + Ata/Anat etymology); Aramaic inscriptions from Hierapolis and Dura-Europos; Hellenistic spread through Syrian merchant communities; Delos Atargateion (2nd c. BCE).
ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS,SRC_LUCIAN_DEA_SYRIA,direct attestation Atargatis ENT_ARA_ATARGATIS Lucian of Samosata, De Dea Syria (On the Syrian Goddess), c. 150 CE; ed. and trans. Harold W. Attridge and Robert A. Oden Jr. (SBL Texts and Translations 9, Graeco-Roman Religion 1; Scholars Press / Society of Biblical Literature, Missoula, 1976) SRC_LUCIAN_DEA_SYRIA direct attestation Lucian, De Dea Syria §§1-60: complete description of the Hierapolis sanctuary — architecture, sacred fish-pools, galli priests, festival calendar, divine iconography, mythological traditions of the cult foundation. Primary literary source for Atargatis's functions, iconography, and cult practice.

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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]);