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The Gallo-Roman Dodecahedron and the Receptacle of All Becoming
Michael Guggenberger, Stephen Leach, 2025. The Antiquaries Journal 105, 31–54.
Relates the archaeology of the dodecahedra to ancient texts, including an overlooked passage of Iamblichus' On the Pythagorean Life, and to the distribution of finds in Gaul and Britain and the Druids' reported interest in Pythagoras, to argue for a Platonic and Pythagorean inspiration.
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Guggenberger, M., & Leach, S. (2025). The Gallo-Roman Dodecahedron and the Receptacle of All Becoming. The Antiquaries Journal 105, 31–54. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000358152510036X
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Guggenberger, Michael and Stephen Leach. “The Gallo-Roman Dodecahedron and the Receptacle of All Becoming.” The Antiquaries Journal 105, 31–54 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1017/S000358152510036X.