6. Then he came to the gate that faced east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate; it was 10 feet deep — the first threshold was 10 feet deep.
7. Each recess was about 10 feet long and 10 feet deep, and there was a space of 8 3/4 feet between the recesses. The inner threshold of the gate on the temple side next to the gate’s portico was about 10 feet.
8. Next he measured the portico of the gate;
9. it was 14 feet, and its pilasters were 3 1/2 feet. The portico of the gate was on the temple side.
10. There were three recesses on each side of the east gate, each with the same measurements, and the pilasters on either side also had the same measurements.
11. Then he measured the width of the gate’s entrance; it was 17 1/2 feet, while the width of the gateway was 22 3/4 feet.
12. There was a barrier of 21 inches in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10 1/2 feet square.
13. Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one recess to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was 43 3/4 feet. The openings of the recesses faced each other.
14. Next, he measured the pilasters — 105 feet. The gate extended around to the pilaster of the court.
15. The distance from the front of the gate at the entrance to the front of the gate’s portico on the inside was 87 1/2 feet.
16. The recesses and their pilasters had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticoes also had windows all around on the inside. Each pilaster was decorated with palm trees.
17. Then he brought me into the outer court, and there were chambers and a paved surface laid out all around the court. Thirty chambers faced the pavement,
18. which flanked the gates and corresponded to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement.
19. Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gate to the exterior front of the inner court; it was 175 feet. This was the east; next the north is described.
20. He measured the gate of the outer court facing north, both its length and width.
21. Its three recesses on each side, its pilasters, and its portico had the same measurements as the first gate: 87 1/2 feet long and 43 3/4 feet wide.
22. Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate that faced east. Seven steps led up to the gate, and its portico was ahead of them.
23. The inner court had a gate facing the north gate, like the one on the east. He measured the distance from gate to gate; it was 175 feet.