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'}

5 rows where entity_id = "ENT_EGY_RA"

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ENT_EGY_RA,SRC_DIGITAL_EGYPT,reference attestation Ra ENT_EGY_RA Digital Egypt for Universities SRC_DIGITAL_EGYPT reference attestation catalogued in UCL Digital Egypt for Universities
ENT_EGY_RA,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation Ra ENT_EGY_RA R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS direct attestation PT throughout: Ra is the solar deity whose boat crosses the sky daily; the dead king joins Ra on his barque; Utterance 244 (§ 248); the transition from Osirian to solar theology is visible in the Pyramid Texts as a theological tension between the two dominant frameworks
ENT_EGY_RA,SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH,scholarly attestation Ra ENT_EGY_RA Geraldine Pinch, Egyptian Mythology SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH scholarly attestation Attested in Pinch, Egyptian Mythology.
ENT_EGY_RA,SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS,direct attestation Ra ENT_EGY_RA Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS direct attestation Ra/Re is discussed in De Iside et Osiride as the solar principle; Plutarch identifies him with the Greek Helios and uses the Ra-Osiris synthesis to explain the relationship between the sun (visible daily order) and Osiris (hidden cyclic order); De Iside 52, 56
ENT_EGY_RA,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,scholarly attestation Ra ENT_EGY_RA 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]);