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Bubbagumpredditor t1_ivb788m wrote

Reply to comment by Independent-Record63 in Used coffin traded in at pawnshop as economy worsens by CCMcC

Interesting, what's the difference?

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Independent-Record63 t1_ivb855s wrote

Coffins are shaped and usually have a removable lid. Caskets are rectangular and have hinged lids.

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GetlostMaps t1_ivbgxg5 wrote

Yes on the shape. Caskets are rectangular, coffins are tapered. Negative on the hinge. That's just a modern embellishment. You can have a casket with no hinges.

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chrissilich t1_ivbzbpi wrote

What’s a sarcophagus?

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pseudocultist t1_ivcc542 wrote

It contains a coffin, it's an outer later meant for crypts and tombs where there's space around the interment, usually.

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littlebitsofspider t1_ivd3vh2 wrote

What about a burial vault?

I'm trying to get the "this encloses that" matrioshka order of funerary containers correct so I can enclose the world's most anticlimactic 'pop goes the weasel' joke for future archeologists.

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AxelNotRose t1_ivdjgvk wrote

So would it start with an urn inside a casket?

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BortWard t1_ivdjvwv wrote

Paper bag of remains in the urn

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littlebitsofspider t1_ivdnr08 wrote

I guess so far I'm at: sealed vial of blood, inside paper bag of ashes, inside travel urn, inside urn, inside coffin, inside casket, inside sarcophagus, inside burial vault, inside tomb, inside cenotaph, inside pyramid.

🎶 "Pop!" goes the weasel.🎶

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Jjex22 t1_ivdwjv9 wrote

$$$ - body disposal is big business

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Vast_Back4746 t1_iveh8pu wrote

For the difference of use, coffin is for bodies of the dead while casket is used when the body of the deceased is unable to be found or claimed.

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