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'}

4 rows where entity_id = "ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON"

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ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON,SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES,direct attestation Zeus Ammon ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON Herodotus, Histories (c. 430 BCE) SRC_HERODOTUS_HISTORIES direct attestation Histories 2.42, 3.26: Herodotus describes the oracle of Zeus Ammon (= Amun) at the Siwa oasis in Libya; the oracle that Cambyses' army tried to reach; the primary ancient source establishing Zeus Ammon as a widely recognized cross-cultural deity
ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON,SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS,direct attestation Zeus Ammon ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris (De Iside et Osiride, c. 100–120 CE) SRC_PLUTARCH_ISIS_OSIRIS direct attestation Plutarch discusses the Zeus Ammon equation in De Iside et Osiride and elsewhere; the Libyan oracle of Amun equated with Zeus; this equation was established by Herodotus (2.42) and refined in the Ptolemaic period as a tool of political theology connecting Alexander's divine sonship
ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON,SRC_ROMAN_OCD,scholarly attestation Zeus Ammon ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries SRC_ROMAN_OCD scholarly attestation Attested in Oxford Classical Dictionary, Roman Religion entries.
ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON,SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS,scholarly attestation Zeus Ammon ENT_SYN_ZEUS_AMMON Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt SRC_WILKINSON_EGYPTIAN_GODS scholarly attestation Attested in Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.

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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]);