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I would bet these are dice. The Romans are known to have played a variety of dice games, including in the backgammon family, a family of games known to sometime
by wly_cdgr 5y ago
I would bet these are dice. The Romans are known to have played a variety of dice games, including in the backgammon family, a family of games known to sometimes use 12d dice (Source: Oxford History of Board Games by David Parlett)
- frosted-flakes 5y agoThe different size holes means its not evenly weighted and thus makes for a poor and unfair dice. This is explained in the article.
- wly_cdgr 5y agoThat is anything but conclusive. It is easy to imagine why someone might want a die to be unfair