A full-page rectangular ground plan of the entireTemple, with yellow walls outlined in black and decorated with red and black dots. "West" is at the top, "East" at the bottom
IJA 0011789 DES L inscribed in a rectangular panel usually designated as the court of the women. "North" on the right, and "South" on the left. TheTemplecomprises two main areas: the >Heikhal>
IJA 0011789 DES L with its three parts: the Hall, the Holy, and the Holy of Holies in the West, and the >Azarah> containing the different courts. The entire top structure of the
IJA 0011789 DES L >Heikhal> is an abbreviated version of the detailed plan on fol. 275v (See previous card). The rectangular "Gate of the Hall".
IJA 0011789 DES H שער האולם
IJA 0011789 DES L leads to the "Hall"
IJA 0011789 DES H אולם
IJA 0011789 DES L above which is the "Large Gate"
IJA 0011789 DES H שער הגדול
IJA 0011789 DES L leading into the "Holy"##
IJA 0011789 DES H קדש
IJA 0011789 DES L above which is the "Holy of Holies"
IJA 0011789 DES H קדש הקדשים
IJA 0011789 DES L inscribed twice in each of its two compartments. The other compartments round the >Heikhal> are not identified, apart from the gates. On the south, three gates are depicted
IJA 0011789 DES L as openings, inscribed from top to bottom:
IJA 0011789 DES H שער הדלק
IJA 0011789 DES L "Gate of the Fuel";
IJA 0011789 DES H שער הקרבן
IJA 0011789 DES L "Gate of the Sacrifice";
IJA 0011789 DES H שער המים
IJA 0011789 DES L "Gate of the Water. On the north are from top to bottom:
IJA 0011789 DES H שער הניצוץ
IJA 0011789 DES L "Gate of the Flame";
IJA 0011789 DES H שער הקרבן
IJA 0011789 DES L "Gate of the Sacrifice";
IJA 0011789 DES H שער בית המוקד
IJA 0011789 DES L "Gate of the House of the Hearth". The House of the Hearth is depicted to the right of the Gate of the Sacrifice as an elongated structure with a gate opening into the
IJA 0011789 DES L latter. The House of the Hearth has four rectangles inside, each inscribed. The two on the right are inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H כה נגנרון אב המזרח
IJA 0011789 DES L instead of
IJA 0011789 DES H פה נגנזו אבני המזבח
IJA 0011789 DES L "Place where the stones of the altar were hidden", above it
IJA 0011789 DES H כה יורדין לבית הטבילה
IJA 0011789 DES L instead of
IJA 0011789 DES H פה
IJA 0011789 DES L "Here one descends to the House of the Immersion". The two left ones are inscribed:
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת עושי לחם הפנים
IJA 0011789 DES L "the Chamber of the Shewbread Maker"; above it
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת הטלאים
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of Kids of Goats". The area of the Priest's court below the >Heikhal> is inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H עשרים ושתים
IJA 0011789 DES L "twenty-two". On the left, is a chamber protruding into this area mistakenly inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H עלית בית אבטיונס
IJA 0011789 DES L "upper chamber of Avtineas (!)". The lower area is divided into different rectangular chambers. To the left is a rectangular space divided into two. The right is blank;
IJA 0011789 DES L the left is inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H כיור
IJA 0011789 DES L "Laver". The space below is inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H שתים עשרים ומחצה
IJA 0011789 DES L "22 1/2". An irregular four-sided structure of the ramp, which is mistakenly inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H כבש שלמים
IJA 0011789 DES L "a sheep for a whole sacrifice". To the right is the sacrificial altar inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H מזבח. שלשי' ושתים. שלשי' ושתים
IJA 0011789 DES L "Altar, 32, 32". Five attached chambers are to the right of the altar. The four on the right are blank. The leftmost one is inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H מקום הטבעות. עשרים וארבע אמות
IJA 0011789 DES L "Place of the Rings to tie the sacrificial animals twenty-four >amot>". Outside the wall to the right is inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H המזבח לפנים מרובע
IJA 0011789 DES L instead of
IJA 0011789 DES H המזבח
IJA 0011789 DES L "The Altar seen from the front is rectangular". The area below is the "Court of the Priests", "11 >amah>"
IJA 0011789 DES H עזרת הכהנים. אחת עשר אמה
IJA 0011789 DES L The area below the Court of Priests should have been called the Court of Israel and is divided into multiple chambers, from left to right:
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת הנזירים
IJA 0011789 DES L "Nazarite Chamber",
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת בית שמניא
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of Oils",
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת המלח
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of Salt",
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת הפרוה
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of Fur";
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת המריחין
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of Rinsing". The next area is
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת בית עושי חביתין
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of the house of the Cake Bakers". In the center is
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת הגולה
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of the Diaspora". Two horseshoe shapes mistakingly enclose
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת הגזית
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of the Hewn Stone". The area below is the unlabeled Court of Women; under which is inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H רוחב העזרה מאה ושלשים וחמש
IJA 0011789 DES L "The middle of the %Azarah is 135". The two compartments to the right are
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת המצורעים
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of Lepers" and
IJA 0011789 DES H לשכת ריי עצים
IJA 0011789 DES L "Chamber of the Wood Shed". To the extreme left of the plan is inscribed
IJA 0011789 DES H מכאן אורך כל העיר מאה אמות ושמנים אמה ושבע אמות
IJA 0011789 DES L "Therefore the entire length of the city (instead of the Temple) is 187 >amot>".