Egypt and Libya, March 19 - April 2, 2006 / 20060327x_LeptisMagnaMarket
Ruth Milner, rmilner plus web at bookofmarvels dot net
This area of the city was an extensive
marketplace. The guide told us this stall was probably used to sell
fabrics. In a couple of locations in the market there were places where
standard measures had been marked, either with numbers for length, or
hollows in the stones for volume, e.g. of grain.