0. -
1. -
2. -
3. Shamash
4. Adad
5.
King's Gate (Sin)
6. Enlil
7. Ishtar
8.
Marduk
9. Zababa
10. Urash
This order counts backwards from the last
listed gate to the first - which, if you were "climbing"
the Sephiroth would make Urash the first Gate and Shamash
the last. Since there are only eight gates, you may take
the last two "missing" gates in this scheme to be the
temples Esagil and Etemenanki, Esagil for number 2 (the
Magus in Initiation) and Etemenanki for number 1 (the Bond
of Heaven and Earth - an apt symbol of completion). They
also supply the vertical dimension to the scheme, as the
eight gates are the horizontal entrances to the
city.
