¹⁶ The guardrooms and their doorposts had openings on all sides. The openings were slits that were narrower toward the inside of the gate, and likewise, the vestibule had openings that narrowed toward the inside all the way around.^[a] The doorposts had decorations like palm trees.

The Outer Courtyard

¹⁷ Then he brought me into the outer courtyard. There were rooms and a pavement constructed all the way around the courtyard. Thirty rooms faced the pavement.^{[b] 18} The pavement ran along the sides of the gates. The pavement was as wide as the length of the gatehouse. This was the lower pavement.