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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