Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England

Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by zoky on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @08:58PM (#39112694)

If your dodecahedron were essentially your “resume”, you’d go out of your way to keep it safe from thieves. Besides, stealing one wouldn’t do you much good, as you’d be discovered as a fraud pretty quickly based on the quality of your work.

Having one of these in your possession would be enough to get you in the door, as well as giving your potential employer a quick and easy way to judge the quality of your work. The alternative would be to require a prospective employee to make a dodecahedron in front of you, which doesn’t really provide all that much of a benefit in the long term.

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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by karaterobot on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @11:09PM (#39113518)

I don't see anything about the dodecahedrons being signed or stamped or branded in any way, so I can't buy them being a resume. Seems like if it were your personal proof of employability, and you cared a lot about it not being stolen, the first thing you'd put some mark on it to indicate it was yours. And then there's the fact that some of them have been found buried in coin hoards, which doesn't make sense (why would you collect a craftsman's portfolio piece and store it with your treasure?).

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Re:Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed ... by NoobSaibot135 on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @04:09PM (#39122674)

> found buried in coin hoards

Has anyone ever tried matching the sizes/circumferences of the coins with the holes?

Could have been used as a auto-coin sorting device?

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