Answering that question comes with a nobel price attached i presume.
What we know is this:
They are made during roman times,
They are found wherever the roman empire stretched and there not considered very rare
Thats about it.
The notable theories are
as a weird currency
well known blacksmith “exam”
for knitting, apparently it has been demonstrated that you can use them to knit in practice but the art of knitting is thought to originate much later in history.
My money is now on wig building tools. As a spinoff to the common knitting one.
Answering that question comes with a nobel price attached i presume.
What we know is this:
They are made during roman times, They are found wherever the roman empire stretched and there not considered very rare
Thats about it.
The notable theories are
as a weird currency
well known blacksmith “exam”
for knitting, apparently it has been demonstrated that you can use them to knit in practice but the art of knitting is thought to originate much later in history.
My money is now on wig building tools. As a spinoff to the common knitting one.
*Nobel Prize