The temple was built with great regularity (Figs. 137, 138). It is an accurate rectangle of mud brick, with a kisu of burnt brick, for, like so many others, it has been heightened. It is divided into two clearly distinguishable parts: the eastern, intended for the cult with the cella to the south, in which the postament stood in the niche in the wall; and the western, which resembled a private house of two courts. Here the priest, the temple administrator, may have lived. Two gates distinguished by the towered façade, led, each of them, through a vestibule into the court in front of the cella. In addition a doorway gave direct access to the chamber in the north-east corner, where the public could transact business with the temple officials, without being forced to enter the enclosed part of the temple. The northern gate was indicated as the main entrance by the paved site for an altar (Fig. 139). The brick casket at its eastern jamb contained a pottery dove, and a small piece of pottery with an inscription that has not been satisfactorily explained hitherto, although it is fairly clearly written.[4] Footnote 4: _Oriental Literaturzeitung_, 1911, No. 7:— Ungnad translates the inscription: 1. (iṣu) ṣupur iṣṣuri(?) li (?)-in-ti-ka (?) 2. paan ... -šù(?)-du abulli-šu 3. l[i]-ni’-irat-su 4. mit-gar-śu u(?) ki-bi-su(?) li-in-na(?)[...]. “May the claw of the bird (?) tear to pieces (?) the countenance of him, who ... his gate, and may it hold back his breast; him who is favourable to him and (?) ... may he....” Peiser translates: 1. ṣupur iṣṣuri lintikā 2. pān nakri šudu abullim 3. linī’ iratsu 4. nuḳarśu u kibīsu linnasiḫ. “May the bird’s claw press down the countenance of the foe before the door, and check his breast, may his devastating step be turned away.” [Illustration: FIG. 139.—Reconstruction of temple “Z.” ] [Illustration: FIG. 140.—Figure of Papsukal from temple “Z”—front view. ] [Illustration: FIG. 141.—Figure of Papsukal from temple “Z”—back view. ] Even at the lowest pavement level of 20 centimetres below zero the temple was in use. Here stood the oldest postament, and below it, as was to be expected, was the brick casket (simâku) with the statuette of Papsukal inscribed on its shoulder-blades (Figs. 140, 141). Above this postament there lay four more pavements divided from each other by layers of earth, which represent four successive heightenings of the temple level, carrying it up to 5.84 metres above zero. The slight raising of half a metre would make scarcely any change in the building, but when the level was heightened as much as 4 metres at one time, a heightening of the roof and other rebuilding was unavoidable. At the same time the former ground-plan was generally retained with such great care, that at this temple we observed nothing on the walls themselves resulting from such rebuilding, although we laid them bare to a height of 9 metres.