Difference between revisions of "Pillar 1"
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==Top Cipher== | ==Top Cipher== | ||
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The top cipher is very high and difficult to read (unless you are ''very'' tall). It consists of a grid of 10 rows and 26 columns wrapping around the entire pillar. | The top cipher is very high and difficult to read (unless you are ''very'' tall). It consists of a grid of 10 rows and 26 columns wrapping around the entire pillar. | ||
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==Bottom cipher== | ==Bottom cipher== | ||
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The bottom cipher is at eye height. It contains letters in a grid of 5 rows and 26 columns. It contains what appear to be plain text words. A glyph containing an oscilating line and a dissected triangle points into one column of letters. | The bottom cipher is at eye height. It contains letters in a grid of 5 rows and 26 columns. It contains what appear to be plain text words. A glyph containing an oscilating line and a dissected triangle points into one column of letters. | ||
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| − | + | A solution posted by [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=432926846793651&set=a.432204380199231.108947.431342376952098&type=1 Glenn McIntosh on the nkrpyt Facebook page on 20 February 2013] | |
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Revision as of 23:32, 9 March 2013
Pillar 01 is the "Title Pillar".
It contains two cipher texts, the sculpture's title, and a string of numbers at the base.
Top Cipher
The top cipher is very high and difficult to read (unless you are very tall). It consists of a grid of 10 rows and 26 columns wrapping around the entire pillar.
The cipher text reads
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OXPUWAOEKZVCRLUYFMLXTPNATW VGZTCGVGDAAXFDKOCRFRUOKAPW LCMPTFPBTYXRSZKKQUBJAMHYUL MZVSXXZHDLYHOKWWEJUXLXKRZU PPESLBOEKOGRTAYDFOHRHVMPBN DTEZBTYDXNMPXHVNKCIYEMJFVE MNKDIQBOSUFFFWBVDNKHRTLIMZ WRRQUFNNBGKUWNQCHDEFSTZZRQ UIUDPTKGATPSJIFXXGGSNTWJLA BRYVUCSBNPYAVSTTONZFWIUUNW |
The current best decryption is:
Bottom cipher
The bottom cipher is at eye height. It contains letters in a grid of 5 rows and 26 columns. It contains what appear to be plain text words. A glyph containing an oscilating line and a dissected triangle points into one column of letters.
The cipher text reads:
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ALABYRINTHSTANDSBEHATAWAIT EHTHCUORHTPEOYEROFTSAMCINE ATONEBYONESTUATHEYCREATETH IEFOENOTUBSIDNSNRETTRAMTHG ETWISTSANDTURNSFORPAKALLTH |
A solution posted by Glenn McIntosh on the nkrpyt Facebook page on 20 February 2013
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A labyrinth stands before you and is but one of eight mark all the twists and turns for patterns they create that one by one step through the enigmas that await |
Numbers around base
A string of numbers run in a circular pattern around the base
| 10 12 11 12 11 11 14 17 30 3016 18 11 12 10 10 10 14 19 24 12 12 12 13 7 9 8 11 14 14 |
Lessons learned
Pillar 1 introduces a very simple code that actually doesn't change the writing, but changes the way it is read from the grid.
It has taught me the very close similarity of C and G in the writing system and the need to be very careful in reading these letters. (It is a shame that the designers didn't make the font more distinct.)
