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Hella unlikely they were used to knit gloves
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That’s a prime chaotic resonator, It’s to apply fossils to your gear…
By the shining golden arse of innocence, I got that reference.
Archeologists when we’re ancient:
“Wtf is these?”
“I dunno but I bet my mum could knit a glove with it”
It’ll take them a single step on them to understand these were used in wars. That they are no longer used because they were probably banned for human rights violations.
They were replaced by the ones that blow up instead. Less pain but more instant death.
You jest, but people actually did (and do!) use them in wars:
Children’s caltrop set.
Btw my favorite theory is that they are some kind of dice for a game. The little nubbins on the corners would help them bounce around better.
I always assumed they were for a game. Why have a different face on most of the sides if they werent some sort of dice like game piece?
Honestly though I’m glad archeologists went with “mittens” rather than their old standby “human sacrificing sex cult worship”.
Edit: fuck spelling is hard
Hey now, archeologists know their sex cult stuff hence “fertility object”. The we dont know is usually labelled as ritual object and left at that.
the holes seem too small for, er, fertility…
Rule number 1 of archaeology: if you don’t know what it is, then it’s religious.
Alright, hear me out…lamp.
Guys, I found the moth!
The moth.
Until I looked at the comments here I thought this was the little box thingy that Shadowheart had in BG3.
I like how archeologists never come to the conclusion that something could just be an art trend.
Everything has to have a useful purpose even though we all own stuff with no actual purpose.
The default bucket that archeologists throw stuff into if they really don’t know is “religious object”.
Oftentimes, that’s a sort of inside joke. If it’s even remotely probe-shaped, they assume it was used for sex. But since that doesn’t look nice on academic papers, they’ll use “ritual” as a euphemism.
Seriously, archeologists find a lot of ancient dildos.
Maybe 50 years ago. Don’t think there’s as much holdup now.
It’s obviously a symbol of power!
The wiki on this specific object briefly mentions it may have been for decoration
They do come to that conclusion all the time, but in some cases it’s impossible to know for sure. If they don’t know for sure then they’re not going to say it’s definitely for decoration only, but they’ll list it as an option, which they have done for this object.
That’s SCP-184 and you don’t wanna know what it does.
Sounds useful, actually. As long as you remove it in time.
I like the idea that it was a blacksmith “benchy.” Archeologists might do the same with the one 3D printing hobbyists make.
1, I don’t expect most benchys to last longer than people who know what they’re for; I imagine the plastic will crumble to microdust before then, but 2. benchys look like little toy tugboats. Society being so destroyed we can’t recognize a toy boat while benchys are still around…I’ll believe that the last human to hold a benchy in their hands will say “Oh, a weird little toy boat” but not “no one on earth knows what this is or has the start of the beginning of the foggiest clue what it was for.”
My personal idea is that they are objects created both to flex metalworking craftsman skill and in worship of sacred geometry. Ancient peoples ascribed divinity to the harmonies of the universe, especially the harmonies in mathematics like geometry. The fancier looking platonic solids like dodecahedron and icosohedron have almost magical levels of symmetry built in to them making them both aesthetically pleasing complex shapes. The fact they even exist inspires philosophical and even spiritual thoughts. As far as I understand romans had some very impressive archetecture incorporating mathematical ratios almost constantly, archetects and metal workers may very well have needed to worship geometry as a divine aspect in order to achieve such neurotic levels of mathematics in their aesthetic.
It’s a rope junction, with the different holes for different knots and rope bundles, with the spokes serving as rope bend/end points. Presumably it would get weeded out as the places where it was employed either stopped making use of them, like perhaps the weather fabric roof shielding of the coliseum, or ended up using more specialized means, like for sailing.
I think you can bring it to Master Rahool for a piece of exotic gear.
It honestly kind of looks like a model of virus lol
YouTube: ALIeNs ToLd RoMaNs AbOuT ViRuSeS!!
I know what its for but i’m not going to tell you guys
You can tell me. You have sex with it, right?
Just like my code. It’s obvious what it does and doesn’t need documentation… until I try to understand it 2 years later.
It’s a cat toy. They didn’t have laser pointers back then.
