Blinkenberg, Christian: The thunderweapon in religion and folklore: a study in comparative archaeology (London , Edinburgh: Cambridge University Press, 1911)

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Fig. I. Cult-objects placed in the same position as on an earth-altar
in the neighbourhood of Vellore; after the originals in the
National Museum.9
Fig. 2. Altar in Agravaram in the neighbourhood of Vellore; after
the original photograph II
Fig. 3. Three stones from an earth-altar in the neighbourhood of
Vellore; in the National Museum.12
Fig. 4. Silver coin from Seleukeia Pieria, in the National Museum.
Cf. Brit. Mus. Catal. p. 271, No. 21, pl. 32, 8 . . . 15
Fig. 5. Thunderstone-amulet from Pergamon, in the Antiquarium,
Berlin.16
Fig. 6. Thunderstone-amulet from the gold find at Vettersfelde ; in
the Antiquarium, Berlin ......... 17
Fig. 7. Altar in Knossos, section and ground-plan; from the Archiv
fur Religionsmssenschaft, vn. p. 128 (slightly altered from
A. J. Evans, Knossos, 1902, p. 97).18
Fig. 8. Picture engraved on a gold ring from Mycente, reproduced in
double its actual size ; from the Revue arMol. 1900, II. pl. 8 . . 19
Fig. 9. Scene of worship on a painted sarcophagus from Hagia
Triada, Crete; from Monumenti antichi, XIX. punt. 1, pl. 1 . 21
Fig. 10. Stone axe, pierced in order to be worn as an amulet, from a
Mycenaean grave-find at Phaistos, Crete; reproduced from the
original photograph by kind permission of Professor Savignoni 23
Fig. II. Statue of the Assyrian thundergod, carried by soldiers;
relief from Nimroud, reproduced from Layard, Monuments of
Nineveh (1849), pl. 65 . . . . . . . . .24
Fig. 12. The Hittite thundergod, relief from Sendschirli: Aus-
grabungen in Sendschirli, in. pl. 41 ; reproduced from fig. 12
in Verdenskulturen, 1. p. 168, by permission of the publishers . 25
Fig. 13. Cast of a Babylonian cylinder of greenish-black stone; in
the National Museum, ΟΌ25 long.26