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They're for knitting gloves. It's been solved for a while
https://evafj77.medium.com/ancient-mystery-roman-dodecahedron-mystery-resolved-de64e5cc4054
No not at all.
If they were for making gloves there'd be more clues for it. There aren't.
I could use a car to cook an egg, doesn't mean that's why it was made.
Knitting is medieval, and not attested to until 11th century CE Egypt.
As spool knitters go, the dodecahedron are terrible for that purpose. The extra faces are useless. This idea has been explored and rejected, because it does not match Roman textile practices.
Why is this poorly researched article upvoted?
Many scars have been founded around the knobs consistent with the process of knitting.
This is flatly incorrect.
According to some random guy on medium. I think it's a solid hypothesis but far from proven or "solved".
Watching the video of him struggling with it doesn't really sell the point.
It not being an efficient tool could explain why they're not around, if that's the case.