Is this the answer to the Roman dodecahedron puzzle that has archaeologists stumped? | Letter
03-05-2024 19:33 via theguardian.com

Is this the answer to the Roman dodecahedron puzzle that has archaeologists stumped? | Letter

Guardian readers speculate on the purpose of a mysterious object unearthed at Norton Disney, near LincolnI wonder if the object (Mysterious Roman dodecahedron to go on display in Lincoln, 29 April) could be some kind of puzzle (quite apart from being a puzzle to archaeologists). Unless some Roman puzzle book survived, it seems unlikely that a puzzle object would crop up in Roman literature. It is small enough to be held in the hand, and possibly the puzzle was to wrap a string around each protub
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