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_ARM_ARAMAZD"

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ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD,SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY,direct attestation Aramazd ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD Agathangelos, History of the Armenians (Patmut'iwn Hayots'), 5th c. CE; trans. Robert W. Thomson (State University of New York Press, Albany NY, 1976) SRC_AGATHANGELOS_HISTORY direct attestation §22: "They called Aramazd, who is called Zeus among the Greeks, the father of all the gods." Also describes his cult at Ashtishat and the Artaxiad royal oath-renewal ritual at new year.
ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD,SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY,direct attestation Aramazd ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD Movses Khorenatsi, History of Armenia (Patmut'iwn Hayots'), 5th c. CE; trans. Robert W. Thomson (Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA, 1978) SRC_KHORENATSI_HISTORY direct attestation II.12-14: Aramazd's cult at Ani and Bagaran; the royal dynasty's patronage of Aramazd; his role as father of Anahit and Vahagn.
ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD,SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA,scholarly attestation Aramazd ENT_ARM_ARAMAZD James R. Russell, Zoroastrianism in Armenia (Harvard Iranian Series 5; Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Cambridge MA, 1987) SRC_RUSSELL_ZOR_ARMENIA scholarly attestation Russell (1987) pp. 78-120: etymology (Ahura Mazda → Aramazd via regular Armenian sound change); the Iranian theological substratum; Aramazd's transformation from cosmic-order deity to sky-father under Hellenistic influence.

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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]);