Dodecahedral bowling
  In this paper I propose a possible use of Roman Dodecahedra, which are bronze artifacts of gallo-roman origin dating from the 2nd or 3rd centuries AD, for playing a bowling game. The presence of holes and knobs can be quite important during collisions. Moreover, in several of these objects, the holes have different sizes providing a biased rigid body. 
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna
physics.pop-ph