Looks like some kind of gauge to find the diameter of something. The holes appear to be different sizes as if it could be placed atop something to determine thickness. No, not that.
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I bet it's for knitting. How would you choose the right needle? Pull out your gallo-roman dodecahedral
It’s for knitting
I've read the theory that they could be used to knit finger gloves, but which finger glove has only five stitches? I wouldn't can't really imagine how to knit with it.
I love that intended or not, you can knit gloves with these buggers
I'm team knitting-spool
It looks surprised.
would be funny if these were just the roman equivalent of desk toys and paper weights
Heh, some speculation is that they essentially are just decorative baubles or children's toys.
Weirdly shaped caltrop.
Definitely material for the pareidolia community. Oh… it’s already there.
You found a resonator!!
It's crazy, this is exactly a resonator hey?
It looks a bit like the prism from BG3