Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England
Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England
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Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England
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I wonder what mundane items from today will be found far in the future and speculated about what they could be for. And if our plastic world will leave more or fewer of these artifacts.
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Well, we've got a lot more pictures of things nowadays, so it's much easier to recognise, say, a shoulder-adapter for a bakelite phone horn, because there are pictures of people using one.
Edit: Wow, they still exist: https://www.amazon.com/Rest-Phone-Telephone-Shoulder-Support/dp/B00404VASS
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The little table in the pizza box that holds the lid off the cheese
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Margus Simpsonium: "I just think they're neat."
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Obviously ceremonial.
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Smithing test, probably.
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It looks like those baby toys we have now, where they have to put the shapes in the right slots.
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Knitting help
Smithing test. They don't show the wear that they would if they had been used for that. Just making that thing require a master smith.