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_EGY_ATEN"

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ENT_EGY_ATEN,SRC_MURNANE_AMARNA,direct attestation Aten ENT_EGY_ATEN William J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Scholars Press, Atlanta, 1995) SRC_MURNANE_AMARNA direct attestation Great Hymn to the Aten (EA 25) and Shorter Hymn to the Aten; boundary stelae of Akhetaten proclaiming Aten's unique status. Murnane (1995) is the critical edition.
ENT_EGY_ATEN,SRC_UCLA_EGYPTOLOGY,scholarly attestation Aten ENT_EGY_ATEN UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology SRC_UCLA_EGYPTOLOGY scholarly attestation UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: "Aten" entry covers the pre-Amarna attestations (Story of Sinuhe, Middle Kingdom solar hymns) and the Amarna theology.
ENT_EGY_ATEN,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,scholarly attestation Aten ENT_EGY_ATEN Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS scholarly attestation Wilkinson, Complete Gods and Goddesses (2003) pp. 236-240: full treatment of Aten from minor solar aspect to Amarna-period sole deity.

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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]);