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Roman Dodecahedron

This would make a great desk ornament; not an original which costs way too much, but a good replica.  No one is sure what it was used for.  That makes it even more interesting. Here's what i learned about it from Wikipedia:  Roman dodecahedron From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search A  Roman dodecahedron  or  Gallo-Roman Dodecahedron [1] [2]  is a small hollow object made of copper alloy which has been  cast  into a  dodecahedral  shape: twelve flat pentagonal faces, each face having a circular hole of varying diameter in the middle, the holes connecting to the hollow center. [1]   Roman  dodecahedra date from the 2nd to 4th centuries AD. [1] Since the first dodecahedron was found in 1739, at least 116 similar objects have been found [1]  from  Wales  to  Hungary  and  Spain  and to the east of  Italy , with most found in  Germany  and  France . Ranging from 4 to 11 centimetres (1.6 to 4.3 in) in size.  No mention of them has be

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