The mysterious dodecahedrons of the Roman Empire
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The mysterious dodecahedrons of the Roman Empire
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#2Elsewhere: https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/2022/08/04/fiber-arts-myster... disagrees on the glove hypothesis
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#3I could have sworn that the last time this came up there was a blog where someone had taken measurements from hundreds of them and shown similarities and deduced a use. But darned if I can find it.
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#4Elsewhere: https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/2022/08/04/fiber-arts-myster... disagrees on the glove hypothesis
I thought the bit where knitting hadn't been invented yet was pretty illuminating on the dodecahedron hypothesis.
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#5I thought it was a range finding device?
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#6I could have sworn that the last time this came up there was a blog where someone had taken measurements from hundreds of them and shown similarities and deduced a use. But darned if I can find it.
Same. It was a pretty interesting read. Was it the calendar one?
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#7I could have sworn that the last time this came up there was a blog where someone had taken measurements from hundreds of them and shown similarities and deduced a use. But darned if I can find it.
Same. It was a pretty interesting read. Was it the calendar one?
That seems familiar.
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#8I thought it was a range finding device?
If they were you’d expect them to be a standard size and they’re not.
That’s what I recall from last time this went around at least.
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#9There are even older known D20 dice, e.g. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551072
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