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akskigirl OP t1_j99svro wrote

Archaeologists re-analysed a previously discovered object and discovered use wear patterns which suggest it was definitely not a darning tool has had been previously assumed..

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Raudskeggr t1_j9dxbfg wrote

Of course their examination, while being able to tell us what it probably wasn't, didn't bring us terribly much closer to knowing what it actually was:

>Although we conclude here with no definitive interpretation of the Vindolanda phallus, we hope to have prompted the search for similar objects elsewhere and encouraged their meaningful incorporation into narratives of the past.

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MundanePlantain1 t1_j9eh5ny wrote

Could be a part of a game.

An object of totemic value.

A stylised tool.

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