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Do the hole-diameter sets follow a common system?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by ·Part of What were the Gallo-Roman dodecahedra for?·3 answers·0·0 following
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Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible.

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Every measuring and gauge reading needs consistent hole sizes or ratios; their absence would rule those readings out⁠[1]⁠[2].

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Evidence: none yet
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Hole sizes vary freely between objects.
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None of these.
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Evidence: none yet
Still possible

History

  1. Sparavigna puts forward: hole diameters on different examples follow shared ratios or units.
  2. Killgrove puts forward: hole sizes vary freely between objects.
  3. Killgrove: overall size and weight vary several-fold across the corpus.For: Hole sizes vary freely between objects.
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