Greg Lamb's article in EXARC Journal, issue 2026/2, published 29 May 2026, is peer-reviewed experimental archaeology. Its strength is that it is a rigorous experimental test of one proposed function for the mysterious Roman bronze dodecahedra, confirming their concentration in the north-western Roman provinces and their complete lack of ancient textual or pictorial explanation, while testing several candidate functions rather than asserting one. Its limit is that it evaluates and compares proposed uses without settling on a single confirmed function, and the atlas cites it accordingly, for what remains genuinely unknown rather than for a solved mystery.
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Tier one: a peer reviewed experimental archaeology article in EXARC Journal, testing candidate functions for the Roman bronze dodecahedra rather than asserting one and confirming their concentration in the north western Roman provinces with no ancient textual or pictorial explanation. Its limit is that it evaluates and compares proposed uses without settling on a single confirmed function, and the atlas cites it for what remains genuinely unknown rather than for a solved mystery. NotesEXARC Journal, Issue 2026/2 (29 May 2026), peer-reviewed experimental archaeology. Confirms Roman bronze dodecahedra date to the 2nd-4th centuries AD, are concentrated in the north-western Roman provinces, and have no ancient textual or pictorial attestation; evaluates and compares proposed functions including measuring, gaming, ritual use and wax forming, without settling on one. Use for the Dodecahedron fact's genuinely-unknown clause.
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AuthorGreg Lamb
PublisherEXARC Journal
Publication Year2026
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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