Roman dodecahedron uncovered by amateur archaeologists in the UK

Live Science ^ | January 19, 2024 | Tom Metcalfe

[SunkenCiv]

More than 100 dodecahedrons have now been found in northwestern Europe, but archaeologists still don't know what they were used for.

Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed a stunning Roman dodecahedron — a mysterious class of objects that has baffled experts for centuries.

The dodecahedron — a 12-sided metal shell about the size of a grapefruit — was found this past summer during a dig in a farmer's field near the Lincolnshire village of Norton Disney, located about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Sheffield.

A previous geophysical survey, which had detected underground areas where the Earth's magnetic field had been disturbed, had revealed what looked like a buried pit at the site, and metal detectorists had already found Roman coins and broaches in the same field, said Richard Parker, the secretary of the Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group, an organization of local volunteers...

So far, archaeologists have found Iron Age artifacts near the village that predate Roman rule and hundreds of pieces of Roman pottery from the second and third centuries A.D.; and the remains of a Roman villa have also been found near the village, he said...

Roman rule continued until about A.D. 410, by which time most of the legions had left to defend continental Europe from barbarian invasions and the British were left to fend for themselves.

[Larry Lucido]

He needs holes!

/Seinfeld

[Palio di Siena]

Multi angle tent pole connector

[SunkenCiv]

[SunkenCiv]

Buckminsterus Fullerus probably invented it.

[SunkenCiv]

LOL

[SunkenCiv]

I wanted to reply to it asap just in case one of the mods took umbrage. :^)

[reviled downesdad]

Wasnt the dodecahedron the 20 sided die? 2 times 10 not 2 and 10?

[mass55th]

This dodecahedron find is featured in the most recent series of “Digging for Britain” with Dr. Alice Roberts. Her hair is pink this season, and she’s wearing her hair with a bit of curl, without any of it being tied back.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

https://search.brave.com/search?q=Dr.+Alice+Roberts

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Maybe it was their version of the Stanley Cup.

[mass55th]

Here's a video featuring her 5 months ago. Apparently she's written a children's book, and the she's being interviewed about it. That's how she looked on the Digging for Britain series.

Alice Roberts: Archaeology can create a world for stories to unfold in

There might be an ad before it plays. There was one for me.

[SunkenCiv]

More like a Stanley dribble glass. :^)

[Dr. Sivana]

More than 100 dodecahedrons have now been found [ . . .] but archaeologists still don't know what they were used for.

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No one knows who they were or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Hewn into the living rock, of Stonehenge

[gundog]

Pretty expensive and labor-intensive rock.

[gundog]

A spaghetti measurer?

[FreedomPoster]

I was waiting for this answer, and I don’t even play!

[Red Badger]

A divination or gambling device.....................

[Red Badger]

Knitting Ping!.....................

[Red Badger]

The holes are of different sizes..................And those circles are perfect...............

[Red Badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us