Jow Forums I work at the Smithsonian Institute, for the last 10 years we have been trying to decode the mystery of this object.
I have no idea, gonna say I thought it was for knitting for a while... Maybe it is a computer part? Help us figure out wtf this is.
Thank you for your time
>(((Smithsonian)))
>wants others to do his job for him
checks out
Did you try sticking your dick in it?
Put a lightbulb in it. Turn it on
I remember this thing, since you have been studying the object, it would be good to have some info, what is it made of and any other details?
try shoving it in your ass
Roman fidget spinner
its an antique fingerbox
Reusable proto-incendiary-cannon-balls.
and that's how you get to meet cenobites
you need a super-structure that we cannot reproduce yet give it another 5-6 years and the "science" will come out
Is it a dodecahedron?
It has little buttplugs on it
It's a fingerbox you fucking newfag.
It's an early Byzantine fingerbox. It's obviously very different to modern ones with none of the newer technology.
Actually tell me about all the artifacts that have disappeared under the smithions custody, That institute has done some shady shit, hiding giant mummies and bones and other shit
prolly just some device they used for putting up tents and sticks go in the holes
Were gonna need some better pics if we have any chance of helping you.
Yes they are all cursed and will die
Like the curse of king tut
They used this to communicate metaphysically with other people with the same object via the dream world
Old school telegraph
you could look it up its famous
I failed to recognize this reference. Welcome to hell, oldfag.
looks like a play on the camera obscura. at first glance. could use a link to a page where i can see more.
That's actually plausible considering those practices but it is unnecessary complex unless they thought it helped
>one post by this ID so far
>not a single question asked yet
I'm watching you.
Also, maybe it's just something cool someone made.
you ever see the plumbing aisle of a hardware store? it's full of weird-looking shit like that.
See that top part? Ask it a yes or no question then shake it. The answer will appear.
Looks like a over complicated gauging tool. The nubs are probably there to protect the surface from wear.
thats a robot dildo
>weird
You mean, common
Nice photo, but this isn't Instagram. Post some more photos from different angles. Give us an idea of its scale.
Any idea of when it's from?
Are all the circles filled with glass?
If any don't have glass does this appear to be intentional or damage?
Any idea of the type of wood?
What does the interior look like?
>t. history degree
This
I'm going with this also, they're all different sized holes.
its missing the crystal inside
its just a basic sun stone amplifier (to put in gemeric terms)
circa 700-850AD
Looks like a Masonic codpiece.
You know your technological dildoes.
Finger box
spindly torque
i worked in a robot factory
>1 post
Another slide thread, goys
Could be "art".
I'm sure if a serious archeologist pored over items that can be found today they'd be similarly stymied by trying to discover the purpose of something that was created without any purpose to begin with.
Roman dodecafingerbox
all I see with it. they were used for tents ect for holding joints together.
it is the gimbal joint for a steam ship propeller shaft.
slide thread yes
but what is it sliding? its more interesting than most of the garbage on the catalog
ah, i know what that is. try passing light through it. then try different patterns.
put your dick in it with timestamp
It's just a Roman dodecahedron. It's not rare, and is probably religious.
POE.
Those things are found all over where the Romans were. Its for knitting gloves. Saw it on a NatGeo program. True story.
Could it be like a hilt or a covering for a kings scepter or something?
wow, never thought Id see one of those again
you're right, we used to use them for knitting pussy hats for Nero
light a candle inside it
Me too! Sort of.
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The Smithsonian was founded by an opium addict. It was probably where he hid his dope. Look it up.
He literally invented hipsters that bastard.
Beat me to it. Goddamn zipperhead.
I agree, it could literally be an artistic cover for a candle.
It looks like it had attachments that could snap into the circle marks?
I'm embarrassed to say it's probably an early Roman One-Size-Fits-All Flesh-light for the traveling worship of some deity, or to just cover for being away from the women for a long time.
roman fingerbox
You have to wrap pure copper magnet wire around the knobs in a specific pattern and place it inside a pyramid. The pyramid condenses cosmic energy into a confined space and this device transforms it into usable electricity that could be stored in large battery vats that can also be found in pyramids
1 MOTHERFUCKING POST BY THIS MOTHERFUCKING ID
Power over Ethernet?
Ancient plumbing.
>serious archeologist
Round?
Square?
Long?
Short?
It's a ritual object. Archeologists are fucking idiots. You need to be embedded in a culture to understand the artifacts of that culture.
That's a real answer.
Have you tested them against the Coins of the Era? They could be an Anti-Shaving device, to test if the edges of a coin had been cut off?
T-this. Definitely this.
Path of Exile, Resonator, Autism.
It's for a gambling game. It goes like this:
>12 sides in the object
>each side has a different sized hole
>take a marble or lead shot and drop it into a hole, so it's inside the object
>I will toss the object. Place your bets on if the marble stays in or falls out.
>Marble size determines the odds for this round of betting
>a marble that only goes into the largest hole has a 1/12th chance of falling out (if the object lands with that hole facing down)
>use a smaller marble if you want different odds
>use a marble that fits into all but the smallest hole for a nearly guaranteed chance it will fly out, either while rolling or when it stops
>place your bets
>good portable betting tool and more fun than dice
>popular with soldiers
Multiport valve connector.
digits
i like this explanation
/x/ at best. NOT POLITICAL sage
I doubt the legitimacy of your direct claims claims. It is a ornate tool. See original facebook beta concept . those sticks and paper can hold up 500 pounds like a I beam.
interesting story. where has it been documented other than your, apparent, fiction right here?
Also, the legs are too low for anything big enough to stay in those holes to actually fall out, if it landed on a hole big enough. it would only fall out when lifted.
Lmaooo, it's Solomon's lexicon. Leave that shit alone if you value your life.
this is close as free work gets
Yeah, like OP said related to knitting. It looks like the tool you use to see what size a needle is if it’s not written on the end. Although this doohickey is way cooler than usual.
Technological Dildoes, my new band name
posting in a fingerbox thread
>Arc you saw nothing. non llc. dam arc rector level.
You all have autism
I made it up just now but it's as good as any other explanation I could find.
Lifting it up to see if it falls out would be part of the game. The nobs are to help make sure it lands on a definite side rather than kinda sticking on an edge because you're rolling on a dirt surface.
Only problem is the odds aren't exactly what you'd think: an object that fits in 6 of 12 holes has more than a 50% chance of falling out, I should think, because it will be banging around in there while rolling and could fly out during the roll.
But maybe that's how it works:
>roller is the "house" and gets advantageous odds, like they do in almost all games.
>so house always bets that the object falls out
>at 6 of 12 you're betting 1:1 against the house, that it stays in but really the odds are not 1:1. They favor the house due to the nature of the game and the object.
you put mirrors in it facing inward then create a laser beam with a light source
looks like a navigation device
Yeah, so I'm pretty sure I know what it is. It's a key/missing piece of a mechanism that once you insert it- will open said door/chest/whatever it's supposed to go into. But I am 100% percent sure it functions as a key.
Maybe it's just a fancy paperweight.
It's some weird fucking d12, the sort that I HATE when my players bring, because they never roll true. Niggas got trolled.
I think it's for sailors to stretch leather/gut/plants into rope. Probably for both separating and for twisting.
You can't have enough rope as a sailor, your early ropes are utter shit, and the varying sized holes would allow you to knot the end of multiple rope sizes inside the dodecahdron before using the brass box with nice non-slip nubs to twist.
Based
These nibbas finna bouta fossil craft Jewish armor
That or it used to sit on a post on the ship, and you could tie whatever size rope you had to the inside, and use it as the start of a wrapped rope ball. An early way of storing ropes.
hi.
Based /poeg/ user.
I know what it is. OP is probably a kike, testing Jow Forums knowledge of ancient Jewish Kabbalism.
What about a type of Boom Jaw that allows you to fix sail with whatever size wood you find?
Or, since they were likely out on the water during electrical events, was this used to redirect lighting, and would sit on the top of the mast?
Certainly could create a nice looking pattern from such a design during a St. Elmo's Fire creation.
>looks like prototype dreidel. Was it found in a blood libel child victim's shallow unmarked desert grave?
Huh?
Koreans are zipperheads faggot