6. These side rooms were built in three levels, one above the other, with thirty rooms on each level. The supports for these side rooms rested on exterior ledges on the Temple wall; they did not extend into the wall.
7. Each level was wider than the one below it, corresponding to the narrowing of the Temple wall as it rose higher. A stairway led up from the bottom level through the middle level to the top level.
8. I saw that the Temple was built on a terrace, which provided a foundation for the side rooms. This terrace was 101/2 feet high.
9. The outer wall of the Temple’s side rooms was 83/4 feet thick. This left an open area between these side rooms