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The labrum in
architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
was a large water-filled vessel or basin with an overhanging lip. Marble labrums were a common feature of Roman
thermae In ancient Rome, (from Greek , "hot") and (from Greek ) were facilities for bathing. usually refers to the large Roman Empire, imperial public bath, bath complexes, while were smaller-scale facilities, public or private, that existed i ...
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File:3797 - Milano - Duomo - Fonte battesimale in vasca romana - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 9-July.-2007.jpg, Labrum in Milan File:RA GdT Wanne Frontseite Juni 2010-22.JPG, Labrum in
Mausoleum of Theodoric The Mausoleum of Theodoric ( it, Mausoleo di Teodorico) is an ancient monument just outside Ravenna, Italy. It was built in 520 AD by Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, as his future tomb. Description The mausoleum's current structure ...
in Ravenna File:Rom, San Giovanni in Lateran, Innenraum des Baptisteriums 2.jpg,
Lateran Baptistery The domed octagonal Lateran Baptistery ( it, Battistero lateranense) stands somewhat apart from the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, to which it has become joined by later construction. This baptistery was founded by Pope Sixtus III in 44 ...
Rome File:Interior - Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola - Rome, Italy - DSC00465.jpg,
San Bartolomeo all'Isola The Basilica of St. Bartholomew on the Island ( it, Basilica di San Bartolomeo all'Isola , la, Basilica S. Bartholomaei in Insula) is a titular minor basilica, located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 998 by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor and co ...
, Rome File:Museo Pio-Clementino bath 2.jpg,
Pio-Clementino Museum The Vatican Museums ( it, Musei Vaticani; la, Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries, including several of ...
Vatican File:Badewanne (Caracalla-Thermen).jpg, Labrum from
Baths of Caracalla The Baths of Caracalla ( it, Terme di Caracalla) in Rome, Italy, were the city's second largest Ancient Rome, Roman public baths, or ''thermae'', after the Baths of Diocletian. The baths were likely built between AD 212 (or 211) and 216/217, durin ...
Vatican museum


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Roman technology Roman technology is the collection of antiques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and made possible the expansion of the economy and military of ancient Rome (753 BC – 476 AD). The Roma ...


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