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_PHO_MELQART"

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Link entity_id source_id evidence_type source_note
ENT_PHO_MELQART,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Melqart ENT_PHO_MELQART Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Herodotus 2.44: description of the Tyrian Heracles (Melqart) sanctuary and two pillars
ENT_PHO_MELQART,SRC_MARKOE_PHOENICIANS,scholarly attestation Melqart ENT_PHO_MELQART Glenn Markoe, Phoenicians (London: British Museum Press / University of California Press, 2000) SRC_MARKOE_PHOENICIANS scholarly attestation Markoe (2000) pp. 114-120 on Melqart: iconography, egersis rite, and Heracles identification

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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]);