Pillar 1
Pillar 01 is the "Title Pillar".
It contains two cipher texts, and the sculpture's title.
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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The current best decryption is:
Bottom cipher
The bottom cipher is at eye heigh. 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
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