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It appears that the mysterious dodecahedron of roman west europe has been solved - it makes chainmail. But what were the carved balls for?

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[–] swemg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

People were bored. I carve pieces of wood when I have fuck all to do that's it ^^

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

All the same size, and similar shapes? Out of stone?

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Definitely a hard ball. And not sure how well it would connect being carved