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

> Most likely: They were religious or magical objects, used for divination or as symbols of the cosmos, perhaps mounted on staffs.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/answers/ANS0D5Y5WT47TD2/they-were-religious-or-magical-objects-used-for-divination  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

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

Answer · Gallo-Roman dodecahedra

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

They were religious or magical objects, used for divination or as symbols of the cosmos, perhaps mounted on staffs.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: three pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Ritual, funerary and deliberate-deposition contexts; no use-wear; a regional distribution tied to Gallo-Roman religion.

## What would rule it out

- A consistent workshop or utilitarian context across the corpus.

## Evidence 3 for · 1 against

[Texts on the dodecahedron as the figure of the cosmos, including Iamblichus, and Roman reports of Druidic…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5X1Y3D6R/texts-on-the-dodecahedron-as-the-figure-of-the-cosmos)

Suggestive

FOR

[The Gellep example lay in a woman's grave beside a bone rod, perhaps a staff.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5X9R1SZ5/the-gellep-example-lay-in-a-womans-grave-beside-a-bone-rod)

Suggestive

FOR

[The concentration in the north-western provinces and absence from Italy fit a regional, unofficial practice.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5XHJ4HMC/the-concentration-in-the-north-western-provinces-and-absence)

Suggestive

FOR

[No inscription or text links the objects to any cult.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/roman-dodecahedra/evidence/EVD0D5Y5XSC7ZBB/no-inscription-or-text-links-the-objects-to-any-cult)

Established

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…

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). They were religious or magical objects, used for divination or as symbols of the cosmos, perhaps mounted on… [Answer ANS0D5Y5WT47TD2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D5Y5WT47TD2
```

Key

**ANS** 0D5Y5WT47TD2

Kind

Answer · hypothesis

Origin

Published

Version

1

Added by

[apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)

The record

Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history.

[JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/ANS0D5Y5WT47TD2)