c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.224

The Wars of the Jews 5.224

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.224

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

224On its top it had spikes with sharp points, to prevent any pollution of it by birds sitting upon it. Of its stones, some of them were forty-five cubits in length, five in height, and six in breadth.