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pavement. Then the man measured across the Temple’s outer courtyard
between the outer and inner gateways; the distance was 175 feet.
The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the
east. Here, too, there were three guard alcoves on each side, with divid
ing walls and an entry room. All the measurements matched those of the
east gateway. The gateway passage was 871/2 feet long and 433/4 feet wide
between the back walls of facing guard alcoves. The windows, the entry
room, and the palm tree decorations were identical to those in the east
gateway. There were seven steps leading up to the gateway entrance, and
the entry room was at the inner end of the gateway passage. Here on the
north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the
Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The dis
tance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
Then the man took me around to the south gateway and measured its
various parts, and they were exactly the same as in the others. It had win
dows along the walls as the others did, and there was an entry room where
the gateway passage opened into the outer courtyard. And like the others,
the gateway passage was 871/2 feet long and 433/4 feet wide between the
back walls of facing guard alcoves. This gateway also had a stairway of
seven steps leading up to it, and an entry room at the inner end, and palm
tree decorations along the dividing walls. And here again, directly opposite
the outer gateway, was another gateway that led into the inner courtyard.
The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner
courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other
gateways. Its guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same
size as those in the others. It also had windows along its walls and in the
entry room. And like the others, the gateway passage was 871/2 feet long
and 433/4 feet wide. (The entry rooms of the gateways leading into the
inner courtyard were 14 feet across and 433/4 feet wide.) The entry room
to the south gateway faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree deco
rations on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He
measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways. Its
guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room were the same size as those
of the others, and there were windows along the walls and in the entry
room. The gateway passage measured 871/2 feet long and 433/4 feet wide.
Its entry room faced into the outer courtyard. It had palm tree decorations
on its columns, and there were eight steps leading to its entrance.
Then he took me around to the north gateway leading to the inner court
yard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gate
ways. The guard alcoves, dividing walls, and entry room of this gateway
