Roman object that baffled experts to go on show at Lincoln Museum

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-68908558

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25 Comments

  1. If my knowledge gained from many years of research gathered from the Discovery channel is correct, I believe this is Roman technology acquired from an Extra Terrestrial intelligence.

  2. SirLoinThatSaysNi on

    I think they’ve found over 100 of them, mainly in UK, France, and Germany. One theory I’ve see in they are an example of work by a craftsman, like a modern day CV.

  3. biscuitboy89 on

    Are all the holes different sizes? My first thought was that it was some kind of guage or measuring device, used for measuring the thickness of a rod.

    Maybe… it’s for measuring portions of spaghetti.

  4. callsignhotdog on

    I’m sure I saw somebody found it was very useful for knitting socks and gloves

  5. pretty sure these were to help oracles perform rituals. inside would be messages like ‘outlook not so good’.

  6. People had more time on their hands and someone was bored and wanted to see if they could?

    Boredom is where a lot of both good and bad things come from.

  7. Waste_Ad9015 on

    The different size holes and this being Roman leads me to believe this is used to measure portions of pasta.

  8. Gingrpenguin on

    Could it just be quirky art?

    It looks really cool tbh, wouldn’t mind that having space of a shelf in my place tbf…

  9. Isn’t this what you put multiple fossils in in order to try and determine the outcome of the craft?

  10. please open a portal, please open a portal, please open a portal!

    I want to leave this place

  11. Looks like a game to me. Spin it with a certain sized ball inside and hope it stays inside the device.

  12. I have one like this… each hole corresponds to the amount of spaghetti you need to cook for X people.

    The Roman’s were Italian so it’s pretty obvious

  13. All the theories, people say knitting etc, but these items are extremely rare, I would expect far more of them for a lot of the theories

  14. Negative_Equity on

    I mean what happens in 2 millennia when archeologists are finding china Beagles on the site my nan used to live at. Did these people worship the beagle?

  15. FryTheProfessor on

    Looks kinda like a Luxon beacon to me.
    Try concentrating on it for a minute.