Multiple casing blocks were found out of position, scattered around the pyramid. One of which, slanted on three sides, was part of a pair of blocks that once formed the 3rd course from the top. it is 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) long and 0.56 metres (1.8 ft) thick and its top side is hollowed to better hold the convex underside of the stone(s) placed above it.[1]