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 construction, constructi ...
was a large water-filled
vessel or basin with an overhanging lip. Marble or granite 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 ...
.
Examples
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 () is an ancient monument just outside Ravenna, Italy. It was built in AD 520 by Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths, as his future tomb.
Description
The mausoleum's current structure consists of two decagonal ...
in Ravenna
File:Rom, San Giovanni in Lateran, Innenraum des Baptisteriums 2.jpg, Lateran Baptistery 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 (, ) is a titular minor basilica, located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 998 by Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor and contains the putative relics of St. Bartholomew the Apostle. It is located on Tib ...
, Rome
File:Museo Pio-Clementino bath 2.jpg, Pio-Clementino Museum Vatican
File:Badewanne (Caracalla-Thermen).jpg, Labrum from Baths of Caracalla
The Baths of 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, during the reigns of empero ...
Vatican museum
See also
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Roman technology
Ancient Roman technology is the collection of techniques, skills, methods, processes, and engineering practices which supported Roman civilization and made possible the expansion of the Roman economy, economy and Military of ancient Rome, milit ...
References
Ancient Roman architectural elements
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