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Mystery of ancient Roman dodecahedron baffling experts as it goes on display in UK
(www.independent.co.uk)
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It's a good theory, but they are found all over the place and not necessarily close to water.
Just spitballing on my part. I'm not sure what the context of the find is. I'd assume if it for knitting it'd be found near other tools for yarn craft. (distaffs, drop spindles, or whatever they used. and the, uh, yarns.)
I'd assume if it was for tent poles, it'd be found stored near tents, Similarly, if it was for casting lines... it'd be near ropes- though rope would have needed to be tossed for a variety of tasks beyond purely naval interests.
another potential is as some sort of lampshade for a candle/oil lamp. Though that'd probably be pretty self-evident, with soot and all.
A candle holder has been one of the possibilities suggested because a couple of them were found with wax inside, but some of them don't have any holes at all. They aren't all uniform in size, some have holes, some don't. Some have knobs, some don't. The only thing they all seem to have in common is that they're dodecahedrons.
well, that complicates things.
Are we sure they're just not messing with us?
That's my other guess. It was an ancient plot to confound future archaeologists.
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