According to some random guy on medium. I think it’s a solid hypothesis but far from proven or “solved”.
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TheFANUM@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They’re for knitting gloves. It’s been solved for a while
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Knitting is medieval, and not attested to until the 11th century Egypt.
As spool knitters go, the dodecahedron are terrible for that purpose. The extra faces are useless. This idea has been explored and rejected, because it does not match Roman textile practices.
MisterCurtis@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Watching the video of him struggling with it doesn’t really sell the point.
It not being an efficient tool could explain why they’re not around, if that’s the case.
Doom@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
No not at all.
If they were for making gloves there’d be more clues for it. There aren’t.
I could use a car to cook an egg, doesn’t mean that’s why it was made.
Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Everybody knows you use GPUs to cook eggs, dont be silly