A symbol called a cartouche is like a pharaoh's stamp with his or her name on it. From Wordnik.com. [A trip to Luxor] Reference
To the captives, the cartouche was a message of hope, as a sign that they were not outside the sphere of Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"] Reference
For the hieroglyphics, why not include a "cartouche" I don't know the English translation with Nefertari's name?. From Wordnik.com. [Covers, Egyptian Style] Reference
“But the cartouche is the same?”. From Wordnik.com. [Aching for Always] Reference
His final words, "La derniere cartouche," rang out. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
The cartouche above the doorway bears the date 1795 in. From Wordnik.com. [A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings] Reference
Walsh read the cartouche on the uraeus of the Nemes crown. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
'Does the halter carry the golden cartouche of Pharaoh Trok Uruk?'. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
To carve that cartouche, he must have been standing on a scaffolding. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
With every royal seal and your personal cartouche attached, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
Swiftly he wrote out a safe pass and sealed it with his royal cartouche. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
The cartouche was used a great deal in decoration, with a curved surface. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
Its style is splendid, and there is not a single cartouche or oval wanting. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
In his right fist Pharaoh carried a seal embossed with his royal cartouche. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Regiments in straw or buff will have gold buttons and a gold cartouche plate. From Wordnik.com. [Hesse Seewald Army Uniforms] Reference
He chuckled contentedly and used his finger to count the letters of cartouche. From Wordnik.com. [Blockade, Lepso]
The cartouche stands out on a background of cream-white, bordered with a meander. From Wordnik.com. [The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890] Reference
They were all stamped with the goldsmiths 'marks and the royal cartouche of Sargon. From Wordnik.com. [Warlock]
On the band of gold beneath the hooded asp was engraved the royal cartouche of Mamose. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Of course Christine saying cartouche every three seconds at every oval thing didn't help. From Wordnik.com. [blu94anjel Diary Entry] Reference
That it held the cartouche of Thoth and not one of the necropolis symbols was rare enough. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
The cartouche around the Anubis emblem showed that he ranked fairly high in the area office. From Wordnik.com. [Operation Luna]
I still remember times when Al-Jazeera style cartouche wasn't attached to the moving logo of the BBC. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The front keystone supports a bronze cartouche, flanked by branches of bay bearing the arms of the regiment. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
It was crudely decorated with hunting symbols and a cartouche on which was inscribed "Lord Archibald Fitzwallow.". From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Moved A Mountain]
The principal ornamental motive consists of a cartouche which bears in the centre two large letters "R.F." in gold. From Wordnik.com. [The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890] Reference
The ruined temple there is Ptolemaic, but the cartouche of Ramses II has been found in the course of the excavations. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
We hoped that the statute was executed in Hatshepsut's reign and even as we looked at it we saw her cartouche on the back. From Wordnik.com. [That Air of Expectation, Still and Assured] Reference
To these I have been able to add another cartouche, that of Ra-nofer-neb, a king who is supposed to belong to the XIV dynasty. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Some of them bore the cartouche of Ramses II, who ruled Egypt nine centuries before the founding of Alexandria in 332-331 B.C. From Wordnik.com. [Diving on a Sunken City] Reference
He came upon the entrance of a tomb and noticed a cartouche - an inscription -- of one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Ramses II. From Wordnik.com. [The Tomb Of Brothers] Reference
A winding cloth around the body bearing the cartouche of Queen Hatshepsut shows that Maiherpra had access to the royal storerooms. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Nubian Cemetery Week 1: Maiherpra] Reference
The firelock and cartouche-box were all that we carried, the latter tied fast on the top of the head, to prevent it from being wetted. From Wordnik.com. [The Settlement at Port Jackson] Reference
In 1987 they finally found the narrow tomb entrance; on the doorjamb was the cartouche of Ramses II that Burton had noted in his journal. From Wordnik.com. [The Tomb Of Brothers] Reference
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