The parapet that lines the roof of the building, three amot above the wall, which itself stops at 96 amot. Its perimeter is not a rectangle: it steps in at the plane of the wall of the Heikhal, since the Ulam overhangs by 15 amot on each side.
Dimensions
- 3 amot
- set on a wall that stops at 96 amot
Sources
- Middot 4:6
- Middot 4:7“הָאוּלָם עוֹדֵף עָלָיו חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה מִן הַצָּפוֹן, וַחֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה אַמָּה מִן הַדָּרוֹם”
Project decisionAdopted: the anonymous view of the mishna (Middot 4:6) — a parapet of three amot and a kaleh orev of one ama. Set aside: R. Yehuda, for whom the parapet is four amot and the kaleh orev is not counted.