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Photo caption: "Two dodecahedra and an icosahedron on display in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Germany."

Roman dodecahedron

A Roman dodecahedron or Gallo-Roman dodecahedron is a small hollow object made of copper alloy which has been cast into a regular dodecahedral shape: twelve flat pentagonal faces, each face having a circular hole of varying diameter in the middle, the holes connecting to the hollow center. Roman dodecahedra date from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD and their purpose remains unknown. They rarely show signs of wear, and do not have any inscribed numbers or letters.

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[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like those are for wiping your ass or something

don't look up the xylospongium

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same, but also romans would have had very high fibre diets, not our modern greasy beer poops. So it's probably not as bad as you think, but I would still struggle

[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

no offense I'm not sharing a communal poop sponge with someone just because they eat high fiber

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I said I wouldn't either, why would I be offended?

I...I just don't see why you'd bring up high fibre diets lol