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.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

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_MES_NINSUN"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_MES_NINSUN,SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO,scholarly attestation Ninsun ENT_MES_NINSUN Jeremy Black and Anthony Green, Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia SRC_BLACK_GREEN_MESO scholarly attestation Black and Green (1992) p. 141: Ninsun entry; cow goddess, divine mother, cult at Ur
ENT_MES_NINSUN,SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH,direct attestation Ninsun ENT_MES_NINSUN Andrew R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, 2 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2003) SRC_GEORGE_GILGAMESH direct attestation Epic of Gilgamesh Tablet I-III: Ninsun as Gilgamesh's mother, dream interpreter, adopts Enkidu

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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]);