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Post by Polarengineer on Apr 29, 2024 14:54:01 GMT 1
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Post by Veem on Apr 29, 2024 15:04:32 GMT 1
My idea is far too rude to post on here .....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Polarengineer on Apr 29, 2024 15:22:39 GMT 1
Now-Now Veem. keep it clean.
Being a bit technical, I would suggest it is to bind flights to arrows. the small balls act as tensioners as the arrowshaft is rotated. larger holes could be for binding leather hand grips on spears. I am assuming the hole size is the same on opposite sides to allow the shafts to go through. Oh dear, that’s your fault Veem.
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Post by exile on Apr 29, 2024 22:37:55 GMT 1
How about a gaming piece?
You put an object inside (probably a ball) - small enough to go in through the bigger holes but big enough to not pass through the smaller. You then roll the loaded dodecahedron and if it lands so the object falls out, you lose, if it stays in you win - or maybe the other way around.
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Post by Nifty on Apr 30, 2024 4:11:14 GMT 1
A dodecahedron.
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Post by Polarengineer on Apr 30, 2024 6:28:35 GMT 1
I thought it was too sophisticated and difficult to make for it to be used for a game. No, I don’t think it is an egg grader.
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Post by lapourtaider on Apr 30, 2024 6:54:55 GMT 1
If the opposite holes are indeed the same size, I would suggest it is some kind of gauge. Pipe size possibly? And I'm not being rude.
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Post by gigi on Apr 30, 2024 7:01:37 GMT 1
Maybe a spaghetti gauge?
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Post by Polarengineer on Apr 30, 2024 7:52:12 GMT 1
Yes, I thought of a go-nogo gauge, but I didn't think the Romans were into small pipe manufacture. A spaghetti gauge is a really good suggestion, although I cannot see the Romans being too precise about food at the local orgy.
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Post by Nifty on Apr 30, 2024 8:58:25 GMT 1
Googly reckons Speculative uses include as a survey instrument for estimating distances to (or sizes of) distant objects, though this is questioned as there are no markings to indicate that they would be a mathematical instrument; as spool knitting devices for making gloves (though the earliest known reference to spool knitting is ... I wreckon that it was a shapeshifter and there was plenty of iIngenuity about before the Romans www.scientificamerican.com/article/an-ancient-greek-astronomical-calculation-machine-reveals-new-secrets/
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Post by jardiniere on Apr 30, 2024 11:06:09 GMT 1
No idea but what a great discovery for that amateur archaeology group. As for the museum, they could surely have found a more appealing photo to promote their exhibition!
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Post by Nifty on Apr 30, 2024 11:33:39 GMT 1
If the opposite holes are indeed the same size, I would suggest it is some kind of gauge. Pipe size possibly? And I'm not being rude. Possibly, though, the apparent lack of any additional markings suggests otherwise.
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Post by jeliecrack on May 1, 2024 12:10:00 GMT 1
My thougt was some sort of incense burner , the little hole being the base as all the other holes seem the same size.
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Post by Polarengineer on May 5, 2024 5:05:52 GMT 1
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Post by lapourtaider on May 5, 2024 6:40:03 GMT 1
I quite like the constellation theory and explanation.
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