However , when the sarcophagus was complete , Hatshepsut decided to commission an entirely new sarcophagus for herself while she donated the existing finished sarcophagus to her father , Thutmose I . The stonemasons then attempted to erase the original carvings by restoring the surface of the quartzite so that it could be re-carved with the name and titles of Tuthmose I instead .
She used the first sarcophagus for her father , Thutmose I . The stonemasons then tried to erase the original carvings by restoring the surface of the quartzite so that it could be re-carved with the name and titles of Thuthmose I . The sarcophagus is seven feet long and three feet wide with walls five inches thick .