PLATE 01 / 06 · DEPTH −00m · LOG ENTRY 0xC4·矛

矛 · 창

FOUND · half-buried · arcade frontage · neon SIG. corroded · power dead

field-survey · tide −00m · cross-ref 盾/sun

mosun

盾 · 방패

recovered · drowned arcade · gulls in the racks · salt at every contact

모순 矛盾 mosun

— THE FIND —

SECTION II · CLAIM · 矛 · spec sheet · salvage shorthand

cross-ref · 盾/sun · same artifact / different witness

claim

the merchant said: my spear pierces every shield.

초나라 상인 가로되 — 내 창은 어떤 방패도 뚫는다 하더라.

찌르면 pierces

— CLAIM · 矛 —

SECTION III · CLAIM · 盾 · spec sheet · dancheong roundel · silicon die

cross-ref · 矛/mo · same artifact / different witness

claim

the merchant said: my shield no spear can pierce.

또 가로되 — 내 방패는 어떤 창도 막는다 하더라.

shield

— CLAIM · 盾 —

PLATE 04 / 06 · the bystander asks · 旁人問

그 창으로
그 방패를
찌르면?

原文 · 韓非子 · 難勢

以子之矛、
陷子之盾、
何如

찌르면

— THE QUESTION —

PLATE 05 / 06 · merchant · response · null

— · — · —

商人 · 對 · 無

. . . . .

— THE SILENCE —

PLATE 06 / 06 · the artifact returns to the tide

tide · in

— two claims, one geometry, one corroded glyph going under.

矛盾