# They were craft tools, such as knitting frames for gloves or moulds for forming wax tokens.

> Still possible: They were craft tools, such as knitting frames for gloves or moulds for forming wax tokens.

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Answer · Gallo-Roman dodecahedra

# They were craft tools, such as knitting frames for gloves or moulds for forming wax tokens.

They were craft tools, such as knitting frames for gloves or moulds for forming wax tokens.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Use-wear on knobs or hole rims; workshop or domestic contexts.

## What would rule it out

- Use-wear study of the corpus finding no wear on knobs or rims.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[A 3D-printed replica forms repeatable wax tokens, with knobs as depth stops.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5WAG4DZV/a-3d-printed-replica-forms-repeatable-wax-tokens-with-knobs)

Speculative

FOR

[The Norton Disney example shows no evidence of wear.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5WJA11VS/the-norton-disney-example-shows-no-evidence-of-wear)

Suggestive

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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Mysteries Department. (2026). They were craft tools, such as knitting frames for gloves or moulds for forming wax tokens. [Answer ANS0D5Y5W2P2Y46]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D5Y5W2P2Y46
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