Multipurpose candle holder.

Holds candles of different diameters.

It's so obvious we probably shouldn't write it down

What is the bowl of wicker balls on the coffee table in every airbnb for?

Time Traveler: "Listen, I know it's weird, but spread making this thing as a tradition, it'll confuse the fuck out of historians in a couple thousand years."

Just try building your nanomachines without one!

Modular mace head

Theory: They were masterpieces, in the old meaning

A masterpiece was an item you would craft or something you would do to earn you the rank of Master in your Guild.

This is easy to describe and judge, but hard to make if you aren't experienced.

They put them in their gold hoardes as they were basically their version of a degree

(If you're a metalworker and want to check if you would've earned the rank of Master in an ancient Guild, you can try to make one of these)

It was found in a Roman toilet along with three shells.

It's an old-school Beanie Baby.

Someone crafted, it looked amazing, everyone wanted one, they probably started calling them good luck charms and sold a bunch more.

Obviously it's the ship design the Grays used during their early recon phase.

Most convincing theory I've seen is that it's a cipher tool.

This is going to be future archaeologists with all of our electronics.

Idk how many times i have to post this, but it's clearly a prime chaotic resonator. Slot some fossils into that bad boy and craft some good gear!

It's an anomalous object that expands the inside dimensions of a space without altering the outside dimensions. It gets lazy about it after a while though and starts making stuff out of whatever bullshit comes to hand, though. DO NOT leave it outside for prolonged periods of time.

Before someone posts it, no, it’s not for knitting; there are solid ones that would have been useless for that and knitting isn’t known to have been present in the Roman Empire.

Fun fact: While these are from the Roman period, they've mostly been found in what were then the provinces of Brittania and Gaul, and none have ever been found in Italy. Which tends to suggest that they're Celtic or Romano-Celtic rather than Roman.

It's a cigarette lighter.