Deuteronomy 2 - The Sarcophagus

On his death, he was buried in a massive sarcophagus made of basalt called iron here because of its color. Another large sarcophagi have been found in Phoenicia,. Those of Acheram and Eschmunzar could be seen in Rabbi Amman at the time Deuteronomy was committed to writing. Its dimensions are given as 9 qubits by 4 qubits, that is, 13 or 14 feet by 6 feet measured by the common qubit, literally, qubit of a man.