My favorite explanation is that they were used to make wool mittens.
probably a religious or ritual object
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Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
cdf12345@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
You’re gonna have to explain that one for me plz
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 2 weeks ago tetris11@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
The holes were like home-made glory holes that would encourage the workers to knit faster
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Toys would fit the definition of a ritual object. It is an object, (a toy boat,) that is used during a ritualistic activity, (play,) to achieve a goal, (for this particular one not entirely sure if it is merely the appeasement of a small tyrant wannabe in exchange for neural stimulation, or bath time which requires much of the same.)
gnufuu@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago Rituals being the default explanation for basically every artifact can be annoying until you realize we’re living in the golden age of ritual
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It is a ritual object. I print one with every new printer.
marcos@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well, they would be correct. It is a ritualistic object.
neidu4@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
As a hobbyist printer, I can confirm
riskable@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
This one is just as likely:
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
i think it entirely depends on who the new printer owner is, printing a vase is much more appealing to someone who isn’t a 3d printing nerd since it’s way faster and actually somewhat practical (most people wouldn’t consider a benchy particularly decorative)
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Not really. I’ve been in the 3d printing hobby for about 5 years and I couldn’t pick that model out of a line-up of other similar models; it does not stand out at all, let alone in the same league as 3d Benchy. Also, archeologists can probably understand why vases exist and won’t have to debate it. Finally, that model has under 10k downloads, Benchy has over half a million downloads (Also on printables, no way to track both models across everywhere they’ve ever been hosted).
riskable@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
That vase shows up everywhere. It was on Thingiverse for years before Printables even existed.
If you browse filaments on Amazon right now you’re likely to see that vase model as an example of the filament in the pictures.
If you go on etsy, you’ll see that vase being sold and has been sold there for years.
To showcase fancy filaments, YouTubers will often print that specific vase.
It’s been printed millions of times worldwide.
That vase was featured on Daily Dose of Internet twice (not that that matters much but it’s an interesting thing considering that Daily Dose doesn’t usually care about 3D prints).
If you’ve been in the hobby for five years but don’t know about that vase, you’ve been living under a rock.
I actually asked Gemini for an estimate of how many prints of that model exist worldwide and it said “1.5 million and 3.5 million prints”. Based on all of Google’s collected statistics about it on the Internet.
cybervseas@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or possibly a game piece.
Homo_Erectus@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago Roman dodecahedron be like:
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
“i just think they’re neat!”
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Smithing test.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s clearly for knitting buoys.
Eldritch@piefed.world 3 weeks ago Yeah I was going to say they ought to be a good test print. And it would always be good to bring a classic back
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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All of you who don’t know what that dodecahedron was for, need to pick up a hammer and anvil, or piece of railroad.
It was a smithing test. Go show one to a smith, and ask if they could make it. If you could/can make that, you were/are a master redsmith, whitesmith, or blacksmith, possibly all three. If you can create that with nothing more than tongs, a hammer, an anvil, and a forge, well you know enough smithing to smith anything that is needed. The smiths were well known in ancient Rome, and up until the modern times, not to bother writing down anything they might consider a secret.
Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Good thing you have the information all these expert historians missed.
SpikedIguana@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s for fertility