A carved tablet or drawing representing a scroll with rolled-up ends, used ornamentally or bearing an inscription
a cartridge (usually with paper casing)
An oval or oblong enclosing a group of Egyptian hieroglyphs, typically representing the name and title of a monarch
In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche is an oblong enclosure with a horizontal line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu, replacing the earlier serekh.
A cartouche in cartography is a decorative emblem on a globe or map.
A yellow precious metal, the chemical element of atomic number 79, valued esp. for use in jewelry and decoration, and to guarantee the value of currencies
A deep lustrous yellow or yellow-brown color
coins made of gold
made from or covered with gold; "gold coins"; "the gold dome of the Capitol"; "the golden calf"; "gilded icons"
amber: a deep yellow color; "an amber light illuminated the room"; "he admired the gold of her hair"
An alloy of this
The carat (abbreviation ct or kt) is a measure of the purity of gold alloys. In the United States and Canada, the spelling karat is used.
Cartouche on the Almshouses at Trinity Green, Whitechapel (1695)
Inscribed cartouche on the almshouses at Trinity Green, Whitechapel, which were founded through the benefaction of Captain Henry Mudd of Ratcliff (d. 1692) and built in 1695 by William Ogbourne, master carpenter, for the Corporation of Trinity House. The residents were '28 decayed masters and commanders of ships or the widows of such'. The almshouses are in two facing rows, one storey high, with basements, and a wooden block and bracketed eaves cornice. The end of each row of the almshouses terminates on Whitechapel Road with an elevation of two storeys in brick with stone dressings, rusticated angled stone quoins, a modillioned cornice and a central cartouche with an inscription (as seen here).
Cartouche with scarab
A cartouche amid the hieroglyphs on the sphinx statue by Cleopatra's Needle, including a scarab symbol.
I learned from The Code Book by Simon Singh that hieroglyphs represent sounds rather than concepts. It took Egyptologists bloomin' ages to work that out, which is why it took them such a long time to decipher them.