Jebel Gule sacred stone

82 x 82 mm | Lantern slide glass

MountDimension:

82 x 82 mm

Date of Print:

Unknown

Previous Other Number:

V.e.27 (709)

Accession Number:

1967.26.177

Description:

One of the sacred soba stones at the base of the Gule massif, associated with the ancestral-mythical figure of Queen Soba, with votive offerings placed upon it. There were several such stones, this one at the base of the hill. Another spherical one around 18 inches in diameter was used as part of the initiation of new chiefs.

Photographer:

Charles Gabriel Seligman

Date of Photo:

1910 March - April

Region:

Blue Nile Jebel Gule

Group:

Gule

PRM Source:

London School of Economics and Political Science

Acquired:

Donated 1967

Other Owners:

C. G. Seligman slide collection

Class:

Ritual Object

Documentation:

Manual Catalogue in Related Documents File

Primary Documentation:

Accession Book Entry - [1967.26] THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, HOUGHTON STREET, ALDWYCH, LONDON, W.C.E. PER MR ANTHONY FORGE - SUDAN. Box containing 309 lantern slides (3 1/4” x 3 1/4”) made from photographs taken by the late Professor C. G. SELIGMAN in various parts of the SUDAN. All slides numbered and labelled. Catalogue in file (“Seligman Slide Collection”). Additional Accession Book Entry - [in pencil] 18 Parks Rd.

Manual catalogue entry (thermofax catalogue copy in folder '27-06 Seligman Slide Collection') - "V.e.27. Jebel Gule, part of rock Soba with votive offerings. (709)"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.a.27. Jebel Gule, part of rock Soba with votive offerings. (709). CGS"

Other Information:

The Soba stones are discussed in C.G. & B. Seligman's Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan (London, Routledge 1932) p.428-9.

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [14/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]