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LAB 4. Labrum.<br />

Present loc<strong>at</strong>ion: Naval Museum, Capo Colonna.<br />

Description: Part <strong>of</strong> the basin is broken and missing, and the basin has one minor break in<br />

the rim. Compared to LAB 2 and 3, this labrum has a higher degree <strong>of</strong> finish, the surface is<br />

better polished, the rim has been smoothed and has a gentle outward curv<strong>at</strong>ure, r<strong>at</strong>her than<br />

the fl<strong>at</strong> rim <strong>of</strong> LAB 2 and LAB 3. There are few encrust<strong>at</strong>ions or signs <strong>of</strong> erosion, and the<br />

original surface is well preserved. Preserved portion: 85%.<br />

Marble type: Pavonazzetto.<br />

Diameter (external): 1.02 m<br />

Height: 0.49 m<br />

Diameter (base): ca. 0.26 m<br />

Notes: 6 extant bosses under the rim, opposite each other, with two absent in the missing<br />

section. Eight bosses originally.<br />

Notes: Discovered in 1983<br />

Bibliography: Pensabene 2002a, 37.<br />

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