# Help with decoding a message

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 13, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-decoding-a-message/660916 "2013-06-13T17:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![spunkymuzicnote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@spunkymuzicnote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spunkymuzicnote)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-decoding-a-message/660916/1 "2013-06-13T17:50:20Z")

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I am trying to figure out how to decode a clue to a treasure hunt and I know I’ve seen the symbols before, but I can’t figure out the right keywords to find the cipher. If you have seen this code before could you provide me with either the name of the type of cipher or a link to it? I can translate it myself but I’ve searched everywhere online with no luck. The code can be located on the second page of the PDF [here](http://xheight.com/legendsjournal.pdf).

Thanks for the help!

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-decoding-a-message/660916/2 "2013-06-13T18:18:16Z")

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It’s Ogham: [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ogham.htm](http://www.omniglot.com/writing/ogham.htm).

Been around awhile.