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Roman Dodecahedron Unearthed in England (lemmy.world)

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No one knows what they were used for! Relative link found here

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

First reference to spool knitting isn’t until the 1500s. Likely not the actual use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron?wprov=sfti1

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