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'}

2 rows where entity_id = "ENT_MER_APEDEMAK"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_MER_APEDEMAK,SRC_TÖRÖK_MEROE,scholarly attestation Apedemak ENT_MER_APEDEMAK László Török, The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization (Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1: The Near and Middle East, Vol. 31; E.J. Brill, Leiden / New York / Cologne, 1997) SRC_TÖRÖK_MEROE scholarly attestation Török (1997) pp. 461-475: Apedemak in the Meroitic pantheon; distribution across cult centers; relationship to Egyptian artistic conventions and theological independence; role in royal military ideology.
ENT_MER_APEDEMAK,SRC_ZABKAR_APEDEMAK,inscriptional attestation Apedemak ENT_MER_APEDEMAK Louis V. Žabkar, Apedemak, Lion God of Meroe: A Study in Egyptian-Meroitic Syncretism (Aris & Phillips, Warminster, 1975) SRC_ZABKAR_APEDEMAK inscriptional attestation Žabkar (1975): complete corpus analysis of Apedemak attestations — Musawwarat es-Sufra Great Enclosure relief programs (c. 270 BCE), Lion Temple at Naga (c. 1–20 CE, Natakamani/Amanitore), Meroe, and secondary sites; iconographic analysis of lion-headed, multi-headed, and serpent-bodied forms; royal ideology of military victory from Apedemak.

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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]);