⁶ Since there were three levels and they did not have supporting columns as in the courtyards, each of the upper levels was set back from the level beneath it.

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.

⁸ The entrance to the bottom floor^[a] was on the south side of the Temple. There were winding stairs going up to the second floor, and another flight of stairs between the second and third floors.