Labrum (architecture)
The labrum in architecture was a large water-filled vessel or basin with an overhanging lip. Marble labrums were a common feature of Roman thermae.
Examples
- 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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References
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