Pillar 5
Pillar 5 contains a non-alphanumeric cipher using 'squircle' shapes (Unsolved), an alphabetic cipher (Unsolved), and a series of numbers around the bottom which probably form part of a cipher (Unsolved)..
Pillar 5 is 2432mm tall and is the second tallest of the eight pillars.
Squircle cipher
The squircle grid is 10 rows by 26 columns. I have transcribed each depending on the direction the corner points in line with Cartesian quadrant naming (see graphic to the right).
The transcription of the squircle grid is:
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14441144144414134324224143 13121142233212222111311123 34334422412123231413111423 32432113434332114214424432 41412411141414314314334412 21343424122111312144443221 21414444343123423143341422 42212232132431333222233143 11111414133114312324241124 21441222313431443213443432 |
Stuart K writes "Squircles was one of the few of the labyrinth codes that was developed with a bit of encryption strategy".
Alphabetic Cipher
The lines have various offsets and spacing, with the overall pattern resembling a helix or a sine wave (see the image gallery for details).
The transcription is:
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UWGHTLIYCOEYDY RFKVOACMHPUCEAL BANYUJHEESHABPS NAYIDQGILTIVKTE FAESOKTMZQDMRGH HYLHNICNLBNWWXX KGAPYHIIQHSKETZ RRENUCMTVUINLZR ICYRFFGTKDNBQSH NLXZWKMVCICTCDD ZAOWRSUNVMDOIXG ZCCFCUEAKAKFSMP YRHUUTMCYSSMPFG TUCIESREQXAICHL LYVBKNNZVBPKNQA EXQSHOSGVZDHDFM HYPHCUDQTMWVNEK NGACBGTSACXEHRE DUUHNQVDATWTIEK ZRFHTOFRUPTKHNP XYNFBBHWPVSSKIN NOHYWLJQZKWRSQO UIEEQKYEMPRQEDM IVSVAPNGKDVPQME XGCIOAVXVIGTPIQ ORDQRJEKWFPVWZP ECYNYRCGWWIFCYX GVLGPLBSJGMIJCX RHYEOHHWTXOAGYS FSDOZGZJGNPTRUA ESTRPYFTJVZQHOP EQLOQRGPHPKEDEI IQHCZYWPJZKAZQA KSKMIPLDRGCWCAD GZCDBB |
Base
A string of numbers run in a circular pattern around the base of each pillar (see notes on the base code). On this pillar, it reads:
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11 12 9 12 11 13 15 17 28 30 17 18 11 11 10 12 13 14 19 24 12 13 11 12 7 93 8 11 14 17 |