Water spilled out from a series of sixteen short copper pipes, eight in a row on each of the left and right sides. That water collected in a raised trough running along each edge, which then poured out from the near end into a gutter that ran off beneath the walls beside them. At the far end of this water-room, the entrance to the depths of the sanctuary was crowned by three horseshoe-shaped arches, as beautifully decorated as the walls around them, with two speckled pillars in support, and tapestries hung like curtains to block the view.