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.43 (487)

Accession Number:

1967.26.189

Description:

Two women leaning against one of the sacred Soba stones located on Jebel Gule, associated with the ancestral-mythical figure of Queen Soba. There were several such stones, this one located at the base of the massif. The Seligmans describe a woman pouring a handful of sand over one of these stones with an invocation to Queen Soba for a safe journey.

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 , Ritual

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.43. Jebel Gule. Tired women leaning against Soba rick [rock] (487)"

Note on lantern slide ms ink - "V.e.43. Jebel Gule. Tired women leaning against Soba rick [rock]. 487"

Recorder:

Christopher Morton [18/10/2004] [Southern Sudan Project]