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Revision as of 17:31, 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
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:
ALABYRINTHSTANDSBEHATAWAIT EHTHCUORHTPEOYEROFTSAMCINE ATONEBYONESTUATHEYCREATETH IEFOENOTUBSIDNSNRETTRAMTHG ETWISTSANDTURNSFORPAKALLTH |
The current best decryption is (posted by Glenn McIntosh on the nkrpyt Facebook page on 20 February 2013
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 |
Because the glyph was not pointing at the first letter that is read, we can make some assumptions about what the glyph means. It is likely that it refers to a 'starting position', but in this case, it was not the first letter. It was to the left of the first letter, and I assume this is the "zeroth" position or pre-start position. This is an assumption that will need to be employed in other decryptions.
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 |