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What about: a smith’s graduation test?
Probably a fancy napkin ring
I saw someone using one of these to weave or knit or something, and it seemed to me a pretty good explanation.
Edit: If it’s truly such a mystery, is it at all possible these only exist because they looked interesting? Just a knick-knack for your shelf?
“Did you see those things Caius Cosades is making down at the den? Not much you can with them, but they’re neat.”
It’s not as though we don’t make pointless and artistic things today.
If it’s truly such a mystery, is it at all possible these only exist because they looked interesting? Just a knick-knack for your shelf?
It’s one of the most convincing theories, but also a bit unsatisfying. The question then becomes, why they were made in relatiely large numbers (so that hunreds could be found) with that very specific shape in different parts of the empire.
Except those objects were found in coin hordes and the graves of rich aristocrats, and must have been too valuable to be a simple knitting tool.
And for some reason, this style of knitting would have then disappeared until it was reinvented the 16th century.the Roman’s did a bunch of things that were lost and then relearned, so I wouldn’t rule that out.
It’s clearly an ancient fidget toy. Those romans had a headstart on ADHD, how much knowledge has been lost /s
Put one in the kitchen and the power of platonic solids will keep your knives sharp for longer.
This thumbnail is a bit misleading – I saw two workers just a little taller than an Roman dodecahedron?!! That must be the biggest ever discovered!!! Severe disappointion followed suite…
I heard those are great for protection against Mindflayer larvae.
It’s a D12, looks like people played RPG long before it was cool
Romans wielding a great axe
Goths = Orcs Celts = Pixies Romans = Humans Egyptians = Dwarves Slavs = Fairies Greeks = Elves
Dildo. That’s my default hypothesis for anything unexplained.
Example:
- Who’s Satoshi’s father? – Dildo.
I’m just waiting for some guy to come forward and explain that he’s been locating dig sites ahead of archeologists for years and planting these around just to fuck with them.
No need, it’s been solved basically. You knit gloves with them. Or rather the fingers. They are only found in colder climates / up north. There are videos of people using replicas of them to knit gloves.
Its a knitting helper.
My guess would be braiding, like rope or leather or jewellery.
A knitting helper the size of a grapefruit that would have cost more than what a shepherd earned in a lifetime.
https://i.imgur.com/eZrM9s1.jpeg
Uhh?
And why would this belong to a shepard and not some sort of craftsmen.merchant, or military outpost?
The hollow, grapefruit-sized object
I’m just quoting the article.
If its grapefruit sized it may be used for big ropes or something like that.
And? Are rich woman from the past not allowed to do some knitting in their free time if they want to?
I very much doubt there were many rich Roman women in Britain at the time.
Southern England is loaded with Roman villas that included such luxuries as underfloor central heating. There was plenty of wealth in Roman Britain.
Why?
Because Britain was at the edge of the empire, they never managed to fully control the island, and the journey from Rome would have been very uncomfortable, long and dangerous.
“A huge amount of time, energy and skill was taken to create our dodecahedron, so it was not used for mundane purposes,” writes the group, adding: “They are not of a standard size, so will not be measuring devices. They don’t show signs of wear, so they are not a tool.”
Instead, the group agrees with experts who think dodecahedrons were used for ritualistic or religious purposes. As Smithsonian magazine wrote last year, researchers at Belgium’s Gallo-Roman Museum have hypothesized that Romans used the objects in magical rituals, which could explain dodecahedrons’ absence from historical records: With the Roman Empire’s eventual embrace of Christianity came laws forbidding magic. Practitioners would have had to keep their rituals—and related objects—a secret.
“Roman society was full of superstition,” writes the Norton Disney group. “A potential link with local religious practice is our current working theory. More investigation is required, though.”
I’ve seen cutlery made from pure silver with gold and diamond ornaments.
So… Why wouldn’t it be used for mundane stuff? The entire case is based on assumptions.
History Channel: Did they use that to communicate with Ancient Aliens? We might never know the full truth!
Just a very old bumbleball
