² He made the Sea^(A) of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits^[a] high. It took a line of thirty cubits^[b] to measure around it. ³ Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.^[c] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.

⁴ The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east.^(B) The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. ⁵ It was a handbreadth^[d] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.^[e]