Macellum (food market) with a central fountain, Jerasa (Jerash), Jordan, c.190 AD. The market normally occupied a prominent location in a Roman city. Built from reused blocks, the octogonal shaped macellum in Jerash covered a complete insulae (quarter) at the side of the Cardo… [1920×1280] [OC]

…This unique octagon-shaped macellum was arranged around a paved courtyard with a Greek cross-shaped fountain at its center. The courtyard was bordered by porticoes of Corinthian columns that opened onto exedras, or large niches, alternating between rectangle and semi-circular shapes. The merchant stalls would have been set up inside these exedras.

One of them seems to have housed a butcher’s, as a thick stone slab with countless knife and cleaver or axe marks and grooves can be found there (now vertically placed immediately to the right of the 4^(th) set of columns counting from the left) , and the bases for this table have carved sheep, pig, veal and lion heads (you can see two of them between the 3^(rd) and 4^(th) set of columns counting from the left).

Along with other parts of the city, the market was apparently burned at the end of the 3^(rd) century AD by raiding robbers.

As usual, my apologies for inaccuracies and mistakes.