List of ciphertexts

Some famous ciphertexts (or cryptograms), in chronological order by date, are:

Year of origin	Ciphertext	Decipherment status
179–180	Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 90	Template:No
1400s (15th century)	Voynich manuscript	Template:No
1500s (16th century) (?)	Rohonc Codex	Template:No
1586	Babington Plot ciphers	Template:Yes
17th century	Great Cipher	Template:Yes
1730	Cryptogram of Olivier Levasseur	Template:No
1760–1780	Copiale cipher	Template:Yes
1843	"The Gold-Bug" cryptogram by Edgar Allan Poe	Template:Yes
1882	Debosnys cipher	Template:No
1885	Beale ciphers	Template:Partial
1897	Dorabella Cipher	Template:No
1903	"The Adventure of the Dancing Men" code by Arthur Conan Doyle	Template:Yes
1917	Zimmermann telegram	Template:Yes
1918	Chaocipher	Template:Yes
1918–1945	Enigma machine messages	Template:Yes
1939	D'Agapeyeff cipher	Template:No
1939–1945	Purple cipher machine messages	Template:Yes
1941	Lorenz SZ42 machine cipher messages	Template:Yes
1944	Pigeon NURP 40 TW 194	Template:No
1948	Tamam Shud case	Template:No
1950(?)	James Hampton's script	Template:No
1969	Zodiac Killer ciphers	Template:Partial
1977	The Magic Words are Squeamish Ossifrage	Template:Yes
1983	Decipher	Template:Yes
1986	Decipher II	Template:Partial
1987	Decipher III	Template:No
1990	Kryptos	Template:Partial
1991	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No
1999	Ricky McCormick's encrypted notes	Template:No
2006	Smithy code, embedded within the 2006 judgment on The Da Vinci Code case	Template:Yes
2012–2016	Cicada 3301 puzzles	Template:Partial
2015	11B-X-1371	Template:Yes
2020	Noita Eye Messages	Template:No

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