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_THOTH"

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ENT_EGY_THOTH,SRC_DIGITAL_EGYPT,reference attestation Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH Digital Egypt for Universities SRC_DIGITAL_EGYPT reference attestation catalogued in UCL Digital Egypt for Universities
ENT_EGY_THOTH,SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS,direct attestation Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts (Oxford University Press, 1969; repr. Aris & Phillips, 1998) SRC_FAULKNER_PYRAMID_TEXTS direct attestation PT throughout: Thoth (Djehuty) is the divine scribe and messenger; he delivers words between Horus and Seth; he records the outcome of the divine tribunal; Utterance 359 (§ 594): "Thoth has judged between them"
ENT_EGY_THOTH,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Histories 2.52: Herodotus states the Egyptians gave names to the gods that the Greeks then adopted; the equation of Thoth with Hermes ("Hermes they derive from Egypt") underlies the later Hermes Trismegistus tradition; the primary ancient source for this equation
ENT_EGY_THOTH,SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH,scholarly attestation Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH Geraldine Pinch, Egyptian Mythology SRC_PINCH_EGYPTIAN_MYTH scholarly attestation Attested in Pinch, Egyptian Mythology.
ENT_EGY_THOTH,SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS,direct attestation Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS direct attestation Thoth assists in reassembling Osiris's body and is identified with the divine intelligence (Logos) throughout De Iside et Osiride; Plutarch explicitly identifies Thoth with Hermes (Hermes Trismegistus tradition) and describes his role as cosmic mediator and scribe of the gods; De Iside 3, 54
ENT_EGY_THOTH,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,scholarly attestation Thoth ENT_EGY_THOTH 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]);