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_OSIRIS"

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ENT_EGY_OSIRIS,SRC_DIGITAL_EGYPT,reference attestation Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS Digital Egypt for Universities SRC_DIGITAL_EGYPT reference attestation catalogued in UCL Digital Egypt for Universities
ENT_EGY_OSIRIS,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS direct attestation PT throughout: Osiris is the central deity of the resurrection theology that runs through the entire Pyramid Text corpus; the dead king is identified with Osiris; Utterance 219 (§ 170): the earliest written form of the Osiris resurrection myth; hundreds of utterances invoke Osiris
ENT_EGY_OSIRIS,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Histories 2.42, 2.144: Osiris is explicitly equated with Dionysus; Herodotus says "the Egyptians celebrate a feast to Dionysus [Osiris]" and links the myth of Dionysus's death and resurrection to Osiris; the oldest surviving Greek text making this equation
ENT_EGY_OSIRIS,SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH,scholarly attestation Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS Geraldine Pinch, Egyptian Mythology SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH scholarly attestation Attested in Pinch, Egyptian Mythology.
ENT_EGY_OSIRIS,SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS,direct attestation Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS direct attestation De Iside et Osiride (Moralia 351C-384C) is the fullest ancient account of the Osiris myth: his murder by Typhon/Seth, dismemberment into 14 parts, Isis's search and reassembly, posthumous conception of Horus, and Osiris's resurrection as lord of the dead; Plutarch identifies Osiris with Dionysus, the Nile, and with Mind/Logos in his allegorical reading
ENT_EGY_OSIRIS,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,scholarly attestation Osiris ENT_EGY_OSIRIS 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]);