# Cuneiform in Georgia **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 27, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224 "2003-07-27T05:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/1 "2003-07-27T05:49:59Z")
I recently read that in 1964 a Mrs. Joe Horn of LaGrange, Georgia was weeding her flower bed and unearthed a lead cuneiform tablet with a date corresponding to 2040 BCE. If valid, this would seem to be a major “…the hell?” find, but I haven’t found anything but blip information about it. Does anybody know any more about this find (or if it was a hoax)? Supposedly it’s in the possession of LaGrange College, but there’s no mention on their web site (and since LaGrange College is very small [1000 students] and not well known, you’d think it would be a pretty big deal to them). ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/2 "2003-07-28T04:37:46Z")
Lots of Georgians are cunnilingual, so it’s not surprising. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/3 "2003-07-28T05:11:14Z")
Just 'cause it was found there, doesn’t mean that was its place of origin. I’ll bet she had a child or grandchild in university at the time. Where did you read it? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/4 "2003-07-28T05:35:11Z")
sounds like a hoax or a mistake. It’s not like Georgia hasn’t had its hoaxes, like that “sea monster” that was spotted in the Altamaha River a few years ago, which was subsequently discovered to be a hoax and was named Altimaha-ha. Then again, the Surrency Spot is real. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/5 "2003-07-28T07:18:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > Then again, the Surrency Spot is real. Google gets zero hits on this. Did you misspell it? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/6 "2003-07-28T09:27:20Z")
[Surrency Spook Light](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=surrency+spook+light) (Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and refracted the light from Venus) ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/7 "2003-07-28T12:08:35Z")
There was kind of a fad in the 1800s where people supposedly dug up ancient tablets, etc. The Bat Creek Stone, The Heavener Runestone, etc. Back in the day, people fancied it was from the “lost tribes of Israel” or vikings, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/8 "2003-07-28T13:46:50Z")
The Surrency Spot is a lens-shaped geological anamoly that’s a couple of miles beneath Surrency, Georgia. It was discovered during a geological survey of south Georgia. There were a few reports in the newspaper when it was discovered back in the 80s, but nothing new has come of it, so I’m not surprised that it doesn’t Google well. Nobody knows what caused it or why it’s there, but apparently it shouldn’t be there. I figure it’s an Elder Gods hangout from the Cthulhu Mythos. ---
**Author:** ![Moeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Moeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moeman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/9 "2003-07-28T16:29:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Evil Captor \* > \*\*The Surrency Spot is a lens-shaped geological anamoly that’s a couple of miles beneath Surrency, Georgia. It was discovered during a geological survey of south Georgia. There were a few reports in the newspaper when it was discovered back in the 80s, but nothing new has come of it, so I’m not surprised that it doesn’t Google well. Nobody knows what caused it or why it’s there, but apparently it shouldn’t be there. > > I figure it’s an Elder Gods hangout from the Cthulhu Mythos. \*\* Hmmmmm. Road trip!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/10 "2003-07-28T19:22:46Z")
[Here is an article](http://www.nonprofits.org/gallery/alpha/isac) that mentions the cuneiform tablet and also says that it is not at LaGrange college. The fact that they don’t mention it on their web site doesn’t mean anything; it looks like it is associated with some fringe theories and most colleges attempt to separate themselves from that sort of thing. And, [here is a site](http://home.altamaha.net/pwebster/surrency.html) that mentions both the Surrency Bright Spot _and_ the Surrency Light. A twofer! While we’re at it, I’ll also mention [Fort Mountain State Park](http://ngeorgia.com/parks/fort.html) in Georgia which contains a stone wall the origin of which is unknown. (A lot of people seem to associate it with Prince Madoc for some reason.) ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cuneiform-in-georgia/191224/11 "2003-07-28T19:59:04Z")
Oops. Remove the “not” from that first sentence so that it reads “…also says that it _is_ at LaGrange college.” Keep repeating… Preview is my friend… Preview is my friend…