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Roman? dodecahedron

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Bill W4:
Never knew there was such a thing and maybe not Roman, but it is interesting.  My grandmother would have called it a "thingofmabob"   https://www.livescience.com/roman-dodecahedron-discovered-belgium

dwarf:
A dodekahedron was just offered at auction - the first one ever auctioned.
Fetched around 30.000 GBP, 30 times the estimate

Paywall! - you may have one chance to read!
https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/print-edition/2023/january/2577/auction-reports/dodecahedron-remains-a-mystery/

Regards
Klaus

Molinari:
I didn’t realize these were so rare.

Altamura:

--- Quote from: Molinari on January 29, 2023, 03:32:53 pm ---I didn’t realize these were so rare.

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Following Wikipedia there have been found at least 116, so they are not really excessively rare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron

But interesting that it is still not really clear what they have been used for :-\.

Regards

Altamura

Jan P:
A Roman candle holder for candles of different "brand" or thickness? Sounds reasonable to me. Handy when on trip abroad. An ancient adapter  :laugh:!

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