A cidade é descrita como um quadrado de face igual a doze mil estádios,[3] iluminada de forma excepcional,[4] com um grande muro de cento e quarenta e quatro côvados[5] com doze portas, e cada porta tinha uma Pérola correspondendo as 12 tribos de Israel.[6]
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W. Tabbernee/Peter Lampe, Pepouza and Tymion: The Discovery and Archaeological Exploration of a Lost Ancient City and an Imperial Estate (deGruyter: Berlin/New York, 2008) ISBN 978-3-11-019455-5 und ISBN 978-3-11-020859-7
