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		mlb893 on Dec 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No one is certain what Roman bronze dodecahedrons ... Could it have been some kind of sharpening tool to progressively make a point on a lance?

Findecanor on Dec 29, 2021 [–]

Or perhaps it was just a template for making lances with known relative thicknesses at different parts.

thehappypm on Dec 29, 2021 | | [–]

Doesn’t explain the dodecahedron, though. Would be far easier with holes in a plank.

erhk on Dec 29, 2021 | | [–]

Why keep a utility object alongside wealth objects?

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