The labrum in architecture was a large water-filled vessel or basin with an overhanging lip. Marble or granite labrums were a common feature of Roman thermae.[1]
Examples
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Labrum in Milan
Labrum in Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna
Lateran Baptistery Rome
San Bartolomeo all'Isola, Rome
Pio-Clementino Museum Vatican
Labrum from Baths of Caracalla Vatican museum
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See also
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edit- ↑ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 30.
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