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Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I've seen a video of one being used to weave metal wire for jewelry. It's definitely plausible.

But until someone unearths an ancient Roman user manual, all the people confidently asserting "it was for knitting gloves" should be a lesson about how people on the internet will present guesses as proof.

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