Urn for the autonomous discharge from the urn of powdery mortal remains such as ashes. The urn comprises a housing comprising a chamber for ashes, a discharge opening for the ashes, as well as a device for the batch-wise discharge of the powdery remains. For a reliable discharge of powdery mortal remains the device comprisesa transport organ for moving the powdery mortal remains to the discharge opening, andan actuator for driving the transport organ；wherein the urn is arranged for converting solar energy into a movement of the transport organ by means of the actuator.
