Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/04/the-mystery-of-brass-roman-dod.html
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Ergastulis et Dracones?
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Using a knitting fixture for military range finding is like measuring with a chicken.
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Nah.That’s what these are for:
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This is the best and only answer. 
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I once said to a high quality leather glove maker
you don’t know how to glove size hands digitally
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Why not? After all, they foretold omens of the future by looking at chicken entrails!
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I brought one of those to Master Rahool in the tower. All he did is give me another pair of useless Aeon Safe gauntlets from it.
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I would say spaghetti serving sizer, except there wasn’t spaghetti yet. The holes are too small anyway, from the looks of it.
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I think these are just Roman spindle whorls with different sized holes for different spindle sizes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle_whorl
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Looks to me to be some kind of lightning gun attachment, I can tell by the emitter nodes and differently sized induction voids for regulating the voltage range.
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You need one of those to play 45s.
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Nah, they’re obviously for opening the Stargate. It’s not aliens except it’s
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I can tell from the pixels that this has been photoshopped. Therefore these objects are clearly of supernatural origin, and details that reveal their secrets have been airbrushed out.
What is BB hiding?
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I’m reminded of Netsuke… you’d never guess what they were for from the look of them.
So… you put one pole all the way through one pair of holes, then you put ten other poles into the other holes. Then you wrap a cord around the little nubins to hold the poles in place. Congratulations… you’ve joined a bunch of poles together! … a tent apex? … if you only put in five poles… likewise the apex of an umbrella? Hub for a wheel system?
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I don’t think Roman tents were that fancy, but it might explain why they were only in the north.
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