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misterundercoat, in The first pig to fly. 1909.

You can’t tell me that some medieval jerks never launched a pig with a catapult back in the day.

grue,

Ballistic trajectories don’t count as flying.

Zombiepirate, in New Zealand soldiers pose with a captured German anti-tank rifle. 1918.
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I believe it’s the Mauser Tankgewehr M1918, it had a 13.2 mm cartridge.

RickRussell_CA, in Roman Dodecahedrons: A Mystifying Archaeological Find
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Those external nubs strongly suggest something that was used for winding fiber or knitting. Storing thread for sewing? Some kind of frame for a popular knitting pattern?

Pronell,

There have been several other articles about these in the past few weeks.

One of the most common suggestions is exactly that, used for knitting fingers for gloves.

Another I saw that made sense was for securing tent poles, with the nubs being used to secure the canvas to the ground.

SpaceNoodle,

The tent pole thing makes no sense.

Pronell,

Fair enough, I was just passing on what I’d read.

casmael,

Yeah I can’t really visualise that one tbh

phdepressed,

Don’t imagine it as a peg but like a thing to help knot around and hold a (small) rope in place.

But I think the sewing use is more likely.

desmosthenes, in Roman Dodecahedrons: A Mystifying Archaeological Find
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pft… it’s for delve fossil crafting ^*

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Twinkletoes, in Roman Dodecahedrons: A Mystifying Archaeological Find

Ancient Roman fidget spinner

PugJesus, in Roman Dodecahedrons: A Mystifying Archaeological Find

Hi! While fascinating, I have to remove this, as it would go better in HistoryArtifacts@kbin.social

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