Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-10-18 16:05:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 00CD509F64F44C37D48ABBD26726F53AAEACA3F1930AB69171F4C74185CE7EB4
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If the xylospongium was used for wiping the backside, cleaning the latrine or something else is unknown, historians still debate it's function but there's no real evidence for it's purpose. https://www.academia.edu/5333789/Xylospongium https://www.jstor.org/stable/4433639 https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/fuabt/article/download/54809/53889 https://archaeologymysteries.com/2023/03/28/did-the-ancient-romans-share-their-toilet-sponge/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylospongium
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