# Mystery stone tablet found

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-stone-tablet-found/1011321>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 7, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-stone-tablet-found/1011321 "2024-12-07T21:08:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-stone-tablet-found/1011321/21 "2024-12-13T18:53:42Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> Yeah, i agree, that big spiral looks more important. It might be the name of a god ending the text ("in the name of Spiral, the Almighty… ") but I’d also have guessed it belongs on the top.

Apparently they have determined that the spiral means, “Brunch Menu”

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-stone-tablet-found/1011321/22 "2024-12-13T19:12:21Z")

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Fascinating stuff. Back when I got my pick of books from dad’s collection, I took Lost Languages. It had very interesting pictures and big charts giving the name and sound of characters in cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs and a bunch more. Eventually, I got around to reading the history of how dead languages had been translated. I used the charts to write Cthulhu on a sash in cuneiform and in a cartouche. I also copied a lot of the characters from stil untranslated Rongo Rongo script-which I think looks a lot like like sea life, bits of coral, and sea weed.

I am also reminded of a moment from Doctor Who (the exact wording may be off)

“I found this strange inscription.”

“Ah, Old High Gallifreyan.”

“You can read it”

“It’s my handwriting.”

“What does it say?”

“Dig hole here.”

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-stone-tablet-found/1011321/23 "2024-12-13T21:51:56Z")

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> [@DocCathode](#):
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> I am also reminded of a moment from Doctor Who

Well, then, we just have to find the Doctor and he’ll tell us what it means. Hell, it’s probably his handwriting on this tablet, no doubt made with a sonic screwdriver.

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