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Black basalt bath tub or labrum in the Vatican Museum 1, black basalt plate found in Tivoli 2, Etruscan vase in the Vatican Library 3, bathing balm vase in the Capitoline Museum 4, and strigil used to scrape off sweat and oil 5. Copperplate engraving by Domenico Pronti from his own New Collection Representing Religious, Civil and Military Costumes of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Nuova Raccolta Rappresentante I Costumi Religiosi Civili e Militari, Rome, 1805.