# They were measuring instruments, such as rangefinders, surveying aids or devices for fixing the sowing date…

> Disputed: They were measuring instruments, such as rangefinders, surveying aids or devices for fixing the sowing date by the sun.

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Answer · Gallo-Roman dodecahedra

# They were measuring instruments, such as rangefinders, surveying aids or devices for fixing the sowing date…

They were measuring instruments, such as rangefinders, surveying aids or devices for fixing the sowing date by the sun.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Hole diameters on each object follow consistent ratios across the corpus.
- Sizes cluster around standard units.
- Military or agricultural find contexts.

## What would rule it out

- A corpus analysis showing hole-diameter sets with no shared ratios beyond chance.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[The geometry of opposed holes of different size can work as a coincidence rangefinder.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5VK218RM/the-geometry-of-opposed-holes-of-different-size-can-work-as)

Speculative

FOR

[Size (4–10 cm), weight (30–580 g) and hole sizes vary widely between examples.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5VTW7JTP/size-410-cm-weight-30580-g-and-hole-sizes-vary-widely)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What were the Gallo-Roman dodecahedra for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/questions/QST0D5Y5TKT7BZY/what-were-the-gallo-roman-dodecahedra-for)

Most likelyThey were religious or magical objects, used for divination or as symbols of the cosmos, perhaps mounted on…

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