4 The temple altar was bronze and incredibly large—30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high.

^2-5 A large basin, called “the sea,” was cast—15 feet in diameter, 90 inches deep, 45 feet in circumference, and 3 inches thick. The brim was shaped like a lily blossom or like the lip of a cup with figures^[a] cast in two rows all around it, 10 figures every 18 inches, and held 18,000 gallons.^[b] The basin was supported by a rectangular stand made of 15-foot-tall statues resembling oxen. The 12 oxen were in two rows, three facing each direction with their hind ends at the center of the stand, all cast in one piece.