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Recently, in the latest "Digging for Britain" series on the BBC:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digging_for_Britain
I discovered the Roman Dodecahedron:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron
...and I could not help it or I had to model it in POV-Ray! ;-)
Edouard Poor's proximity pattern helped to complete it.
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Thomas
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An improved lighting and a different texturing.
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Thomas
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Am 01.02.2024 um 09:32 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
> An improved lighting and a different texturing.
>
Very nice work! I like the first better. It comes close to one of the
originals:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman_dodecahedron#/media/File:Schwarzenacker_Pentagondodekaeder1.jpg
One always learn new aspects of the Romans and I have no new idea about
the purpose of these artefacts. But some of the speculations are very
amusing...
I could only find the following measures (archived German site):
https://web.archive.org/web/19991105212519/http://www.cpu.lu/gka/d_bgr/d_bgr.htm
Unfortunately, the images were not saved by the wayback machine.
Best regards
Michael
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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degroot org> wrote:
> Recently, in the latest "Digging for Britain" series on the BBC:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digging_for_Britain
>
> I discovered the Roman Dodecahedron:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron
>
> ...and I could not help it or I had to model it in POV-Ray! ;-)
>
> Edouard Poor's proximity pattern helped to complete it.
>
> --
> Thomas
Nice one, Thomas!
It seems interest in these things has picked up recently, possibly due to
another one having been found in England
(https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-dodecahedron-uncovered-by-amateur-archaeologists-in-the-uk).
I wonder what they were for? Decoration? One person thought maybe they were used
for weaving glove fingers, but others say such weaving techniques weren't
developed that early... It is a mystery.
Sam
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Op 01/02/2024 om 17:34 schreef MichaelJF:
> Am 01.02.2024 um 09:32 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>> An improved lighting and a different texturing.
>>
> Very nice work! I like the first better. It comes close to one of the
> originals:
>
>
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Roman_dodecahedron#/media/File:Schwarzenacker_Pentagondodekaeder1.jpg
>
Thanks Michael! Correct, but I like to play with different possibilities.
> One always learn new aspects of the Romans and I have no new idea about
> the purpose of these artefacts. But some of the speculations are very
> amusing...
>
> I could only find the following measures (archived German site):
>
> https://web.archive.org/web/19991105212519/http://www.cpu.lu/gka/d_bgr/d_bgr.htm
>
> Unfortunately, the images were not saved by the wayback machine.
>
I missed that one somehow. In total, over different sites, I come to a
range of about 4cm to about 11cm in diameter.
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Thomas
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Op 02/02/2024 om 01:56 schreef Samuel B.:
> Nice one, Thomas!
>
> It seems interest in these things has picked up recently, possibly due to
> another one having been found in England
>
(https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/roman-dodecahedron-uncovered-by-amateur-archaeologists-in-the-uk).
> I wonder what they were for? Decoration? One person thought maybe they were used
> for weaving glove fingers, but others say such weaving techniques weren't
> developed that early... It is a mystery.
>
Yes, that one in England was what triggered my sudden activity on the
matter, :-)
It is typical that ever since these objects, fragmented or not, have
been found, no satisfying explanation has been reached. The weaving
glove fingers is one of my favourites ;-)
It is waiting for any remote breakthrough...
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Thomas
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