And at the southwest corner there were two holes like two fine nostrils, so that the [sacrificial] bloods which were placed on the western base and on the southern base would drain through them and mix together in the stream, and [the blood-enriched water] would flow out to the Kidron Valley.

Below on the floor at that corner was a [hollow] place [that measured] one amah by one amah, and [on top of this hollow there was] a marble tile with a ring fixed in it, that through it they would descend to the shis to clean it.  And there was a ramp to the south of the Altar, [which measured] thirty-two [amos] by a width of sixteen [amos]. And [the ramp] had an alcove built in to its west [side], for there they would place the unfit bird chatas [-offerings].