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Independent-Record63 t1_ivb855s wrote

Reply to comment by Bubbagumpredditor in Used coffin traded in at pawnshop as economy worsens by CCMcC

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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