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ID: 300197585 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300197585			Record Type: concept

coffins (funerary containers, ceremonial containers, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

Note: Boxes or chests in which a corpse is enclosed for burial.

Terms:

coffins (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,D,U,PN)
coffin (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
casket (funerary container) (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
caskets (funerary containers) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)	............	particularly for modern usage in the U.S.
棺材 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
棺 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
棺槨 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
guān cái (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
guan cai (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
kuan ts'ai (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
doodskisten (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
doodskist (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
cercueils (C,U,French-P,D,U,PN)
bière (C,U,French,AD,U,FSN)
cercueil (C,U,French,AD,U,SN)
Sarg (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
Särge (C,V,German,AD,PN)
ארון קבורה (C,U,Hebrew,D,N)
feretri (C,U,Italian-P,D,U,PN)
feretro (C,U,Italian,AD,U,SN)
cassa da morto (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
bare (assa da morto) (C,U,Italian,UF,U,PN)
bara (cassa da morto) (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
Cofani funebri (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
Feretri (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
Casse da morto (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
Casse (Oggetti funerari) (C,U,Italian,UF,U,U)
ataúdes (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
ataúd (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
féretro (C,U,Spanish,UF,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TQ

Hierarchical Position:

Objects Facet

.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)

........ Containers (hierarchy name) (G)

............ containers (receptacles) (G)

................ <containers by function or context> (G)

.................... ceremonial containers (G)

........................ funerary containers (G)

............................ coffins (G)

Additional Notes:

Chinese (traditional) ..... 放置入斂屍體的箱子或櫃子。

Dutch ..... Dozen of kisten om een lijk in te begraven.

German ..... Kiste oder Truhe, in die der Leichnam für die Beerdigung eingebettet wird.

Italian ..... Casse, generalmente di legno o metallo, destinata a ricevere il defunto per la sua sepoltura.

Spanish ..... Cajas o arcones para enterrar en ellos un cadáver.

Related concepts:

conjuncted with ....	coffin pillows
............................	(pillows, soft furnishings, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) [300423423]

Sources and Contributors:

棺材............	[AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........	智慧藏百科全書網 March 27, 2012
...........	朗文當代大辭典 p. 324
...........	牛津當代大辭典 p. 334

棺............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
........	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 March 27, 2012

棺槨............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
...........	TELDAP database (2009-)

ארון קבורה............	[IMJ]
.......................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)

ataúd............	[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP]
..............	Oxford-Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary (1995)
..............	TAA database (2000-)
..............	Tesauro de Arte & Arquitectura (TAA) [online] (2000-)

ataúdes............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

bara (cassa da morto)............	[ICCD, VP]
......................................	ICCD database (1988-)
......................................	Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario [online] (2025-) http://purl.org/bncf/tid/74243
......................................	Wikidata (2012-) [online] Q184418

bare (assa da morto)............	[VP]
...................................	ICCD-OA: Istituto centrale per il catalogo e la documentazione (2003)
...................................	Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario [online] (2025-)
...................................	Treccani Vocabolario [online] (2025-)
...................................	Wikidata (2012-) [online]

bière............	[AASLH, CHIN / RCIP]
..............	AASLH data (2016-)
..............	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
..............	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/12996; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
..............	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 12996

casket (funerary container)............	[AASLH, CHIN / RCIP, VP]
...............................................	Avery Index (1963-)
...............................................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)

caskets (funerary containers)............	[VP]
..................................................	Avery Index (1963-)
..................................................	Personal Communication Term added by consultants at 5/92 review.; caskets

cassa da morto............	[VP]
.............................	Thesaurus del corredo ecclesiastico [online] (1999)

Casse (Oggetti funerari)............	[VP]
.........................................	Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario [online] (2025-)

Casse da morto............	[VP]
.............................	Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario [online] (2025-)

cercueil............	[AASLH, CHIN / RCIP, VP]
.................	AASLH data (2016-)
.................	Boily et al., Religious Objects (1994) 90
.................	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.................	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/12995; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.................	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 12995
.................	Parks Canada Descriptive Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif d’objets (c 1996)

cercueils............	[VP]
....................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Cofani funebri............	[VP]
.............................	Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario [online] (2025-)

coffin............	[AASLH Preferred, CHIN / RCIP Preferred, IMJ Preferred, VP]
.................	AASLH data (2016-)
.................	Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988)
.................	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
.................	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.................	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/12996; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects
.................	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-) 12996

coffins............	[CDBP-SNPC, GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.................	AATA database (2002-) 122023 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Avery Index (1963-)
.................	Beard, National Trust Book of English Furniture (1985) 40
.................	BHA Subject Headings (1985-)
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	Contributed as a candidate term McGill-9/90.
.................	Newman, Illustrated Dictionary of Glass (1977)
.................	Random House Dictionary of the English Language (1987)
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990)
.................	Tesauro de Arte & Arquitectura (TAA) [online] (2000-)
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)

doodskist............	[AAT-Ned]
....................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
....................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

doodskisten............	[AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)

feretri............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Feretri............	[VP]
.................	Thesaurus Nuovo soggettario [online] (2025-)

féretro............	[CDBP-SNPC, VP]
.................	Oxford-Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary (1995)
.................	Tesauro de Arte & Arquitectura (TAA) [online] (2000-)

feretro............	[ICCD Preferred, VP]
.................	ICCD database (1988-)

guan cai............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)

guān cái............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)

kuan ts'ai............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.......................	TELDAP database (2009-)

Sarg............	[IfM-SMB-PK Preferred]
...........	Duden [online] (2011-) https://www.duden.de/node/719719/revisions/1363893/view
...........	GND - Gemeinsame Normdatei http://d-nb.info/gnd/4179120-4
...........	Großes Lexikon der Bestattungs- und Friedhofskultur Teil: 2., Archäologisch-kunstgeschichtlicher Teil (2005) 316

Särge............	[IfM-SMB-PK]
..............	Duden [online] (2011-) https://www.duden.de/node/719719/revisions/1363893/view


Subject: .....	[AASLH, AAT-Ned, AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, CHIN / RCIP, GCI, ICCD, IfM-SMB-PK, IMJ, VP]
............	AASLH data (2016-)
............	AATA database (2002-) 122023 checked 26 January 2012
............	Boily et al., Religious Objects (1994) 90
............	Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988) casket
............	CHIN / RCIP translation (2016-)
............	Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
............	Nomenclature database (2018-) http://nomenclature.info/nom/12996; scheme: Nomenclature-Objects; http://nomenclature.info/nom/12995
............	Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage translation project (2016-)
............	Parks Canada Descriptive Dictionary of Objects / Dictionnaire descriptif d’objets (c 1996)
............	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
	..........	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
Chinese (traditional)	..........	[AS-Academia Sinica]
	..........	TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch	..........	[AAT-Ned]
	..........	AAT-Ned (1994-)
	..........	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
German	..........	[IfM-SMB-PK]
	..........	IfM Berlin
Italian	..........	[VP]
	..........	Thesaurus del corredo ecclesiastico [online] (1999)
Spanish	..........	[CDBP-SNPC]
	..........	TAA database (2000-)

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