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[[File:Pillar_3-Daytime.jpg|thumb|right|Pillar 3 in the daytime]]
 
[[File:Pillar_3-Daytime.jpg|thumb|right|Pillar 3 in the daytime]]
Pillar 3 contains a cipher with hexagonal letters of the DNA molecule base pairs ('''Not transcribed''' and '''Unsolved'''), a star-based cipher ('''Not transcribed''' and '''Unsolved''') and a series of numbers around the bottom which probably form part of a cipher ('''Unsolved''').
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Pillar 3 contains a cipher with hexagonal letters of the DNA molecule base pairs ('''Unsolved'''), a star-based cipher ('''Not transcribed''' and '''Unsolved''') and a series of numbers around the bottom which probably form part of a cipher ('''Unsolved''').
  
 
==Hex Code==
 
==Hex Code==
[[File:Pillar_3-Hex.jpg|thumb|right|An example of the hex code]]
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[[File:Pillar_3-Hex.jpg|thumb|right|Photograph of the DNA code grid]]
  
The hexagonal glyphs represent the letters of DNA: G, A, T, C - compiled in pairs as in DNA.
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The hexagonal glyphs represent the letters of DNA: G, A, T, C in a highly stylised form - compiled in pairs as in DNA.
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In the middle of the top line, a hexagon replaces one of the base pairs - it is marked in the transcription as "?".
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Transcription of the DNA-hexagons is:
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{|border="1"
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|
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<tt>
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TCGGTAGTTGCTTC?AAGCGTGCTAGC
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AGCCATCAACGAAG?TTCGCACGATCG
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TGGGTACGGTCCCACCAGGAGGCATAC
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ACCCATGCCAGGGTGGTCCTCCGTATG
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CCCCTGTGCGTAAAACCGTCTGATGAC
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GGGGACACGCATTTTGGCAGACTACTG
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GAAGGCACACGGGCCGCTCATACGGTA
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CTTCCGTGTGCCCGGCGAGTATGCCAT
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CGTTAGTTACCTTTGCGTGCTCTCGGC
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GCAATCAATGGAAACGCACGAGAGCCG
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</tt>
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|}
  
To be transcribed and photos compiled. See the [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bcrm8reylf78j31/p5wdq9OLqh image gallery] in the interim. If you have any suggestions about a lettering or numbering system for describing these glyphs, please email me at dkrypt@dkrypt.org
 
  
 
==Star code==
 
==Star code==

Revision as of 23:29, 11 March 2013

Pillar 3 in the daytime

Pillar 3 contains a cipher with hexagonal letters of the DNA molecule base pairs (Unsolved), a star-based cipher (Not transcribed and Unsolved) and a series of numbers around the bottom which probably form part of a cipher (Unsolved).

Hex Code

Photograph of the DNA code grid

The hexagonal glyphs represent the letters of DNA: G, A, T, C in a highly stylised form - compiled in pairs as in DNA.

In the middle of the top line, a hexagon replaces one of the base pairs - it is marked in the transcription as "?".

Transcription of the DNA-hexagons is:

TCGGTAGTTGCTTC?AAGCGTGCTAGC

AGCCATCAACGAAG?TTCGCACGATCG


TGGGTACGGTCCCACCAGGAGGCATAC

ACCCATGCCAGGGTGGTCCTCCGTATG


CCCCTGTGCGTAAAACCGTCTGATGAC

GGGGACACGCATTTTGGCAGACTACTG


GAAGGCACACGGGCCGCTCATACGGTA

CTTCCGTGTGCCCGGCGAGTATGCCAT


CGTTAGTTACCTTTGCGTGCTCTCGGC

GCAATCAATGGAAACGCACGAGAGCCG


Star code

An example of the star code

To be transcribed and photos compiled. See the image gallery in the interim. If you have any suggestions about a lettering or numbering system for describing these glyphs, please email me at dkrypt@dkrypt.org

Base

A series of numbers run around the base of Pillar 3:

10 12 12 14 11 12 14 15 28 3016 17 11 11 8 10 10 15 19 24 9 12 11 13 9 93 8 8 14 17