What were these Roman objects used for?

Knitting glove fingers: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;76AvV601yJ0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;76AvV601yJ0</a>

This article does not belong on HN. It has all the hallmarks of crankery: An early rejection of the entire field of study involved; describes peer review as a tyranny of orthodoxy; Makes assumption that everyone else who has studied this missed something as fundamental as unit conversions; and then engages in a lot of gymnastics and assumptions to justify a pre-decided conclusion.

&gt; The progression increases to generate values like 66, 660, 5280 7920, all values that form the &quot;11&quot; navigational system with a mile of 5280&#x27;.<p>Flawed premise: the modern mile being 5280&#x27; is more or less an historical accident. The Roman mile was 5000 Roman feet.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;petersmagnusson.org&#x2F;2009&#x2F;09&#x2F;15&#x2F;why-are-there-5280-feet-in-a-mile&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;petersmagnusson.org&#x2F;2009&#x2F;09&#x2F;15&#x2F;why-are-there-5280-fe...</a>

Some kind of fixture for positioning joists in some sort of field tent construction?<p>- ed wee knobs could be for insertion into canvas or hides, which are they tightly bound outside?

According to the anthropologist meme, the answer is always &quot;votive objects&quot;.

There’s a popular screen grab from Tumblr about these objects—that they’re used to knit gloves: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.redd.it&#x2F;zy8mdzycmqo51.png" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.redd.it&#x2F;zy8mdzycmqo51.png</a>

So he is basing these super specific conclusions on the measurements of a single dodehycron? This is just silly number theory and can easily be proven or disproven by measuring and weighing another. If one hole is not elliptical then the argument doesn&#x27;t hold.<p>I know nothing of this subject, but have to say that I like the idea of druids walking around with the reference objects for size and weight. Does anyone know how uniform they are?

In the civilization that existed before the cataclysm that marked the end of the Younger Dryras, these were the equivalent of Turners Cubes. These were passed down by the remnants of that civilization, along with stories of the flood.<p>Here&#x27;s a nice relaxing video of someone making a turners cube. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=xw3GzqgWg-8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=xw3GzqgWg-8</a>

I’ve seen these featured on out—of-place artifacts articles over the years. Many have assumed various functions such as flag pole holders or measuring tools, but they seem too decorative for such pragmatic uses.

Knots&#x2F;weaving

Path of Exile resonators, they&#x27;re used with fossils to perform more specific upgrades to items.

I appreciate how the author signalled to us the nature of the article early on with a bizarre reference to &#x27;cultural marxism&#x27;