Quoting%20commentary for Yoma 116:14

ורבי עקיבא נהי דלא יליף פנים מחוץ אי בעי הכי נעביד אי בעי הכי נעביד אמר לך רבי עקיבא מדינא בההוא קרן דפגע ברישא בההוא עביד ברישא דאמר ריש לקיש אין מעבירין על המצות

This is the view of R'Akiba, - R'Jose the Galilean says: [He started from] the north-eastern, [proceeding to] the north-western, southwestern and south-eastern horns respectively.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The dispute hinges on the question as to whether there were one or two curtains before the Holy of Holies. R. Akiba holds there were two, the outer one clasped on the south side. As the priest came from the Holy of Holies from the south in order to proceed with the sprinkling against the curtain, the first horn of the altar he meets is the south-western, however, he did not sprinkle, because of the interpretation of 'And he shall go out unto the altar' (v. infra) so that he begins the sprinkling on the south-eastern side and then turning to the left continues with the outer corners. R. Jose the Galilean holds, in accord with R. Jose, that there was but one curtain, clasped on the north side, so that as the priest came forth from the north he reached first the north-western horn of the altar, where, however, he did not sprinkle but at the north-eastern horn, and then turning to the right he returned to the north-western horn to continue his sprinkling.');">¹³</span> At the place where, according to R'Jose the Galilean, he commenced, there according to R'Akiba, he stopped.

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