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'}

6 rows where entity_id = "ENT_EGY_ISIS"

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ENT_EGY_ISIS,SRC_DIGITAL_EGYPT,reference attestation Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS Digital Egypt for Universities SRC_DIGITAL_EGYPT reference attestation catalogued in UCL Digital Egypt for Universities
ENT_EGY_ISIS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS direct attestation PT throughout: Isis is the most active divine helper in the Pyramid Texts; she and Nephthys flank the coffin and call out to Osiris; her wings protect the dead; Utterance 366 (§ 627): "Isis comes to you... she suckles you with the milk of life and sustenance"
ENT_EGY_ISIS,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Histories 2.41, 2.59: "Isis in the Greek tongue is Demeter"; Herodotus identifies Isis with Demeter at the festival of Bubastis (2.59) and through the grain/agriculture connection; the primary ancient Greek text for the Isis=Demeter equation
ENT_EGY_ISIS,SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH,scholarly attestation Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS Geraldine Pinch, Egyptian Mythology SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH scholarly attestation Attested in Pinch, Egyptian Mythology.
ENT_EGY_ISIS,SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS,direct attestation Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS direct attestation Isis is the central figure of De Iside et Osiride: she searches for Osiris's scattered limbs, reassembles him, and conceives Horus; Plutarch identifies her with Wisdom, with Demeter, and with the Moon; her role as the mourning-and-seeking goddess is the narrative engine of the entire text
ENT_EGY_ISIS,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,scholarly attestation Isis ENT_EGY_ISIS Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS scholarly attestation Initial Egyptian seed reference.

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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]);