Cartouche

Cartouche ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic nameplate The cartouche has an obvious connection and symbolism of the sun cartouche symbolizing protection from evil spirits, and in this life and the afterlife, The symbol , which had the shape of a circle, originally also the shape of an oval with a horizontal bar, sometimes it was used as a cartouche. This type of use was intended to represent divine protection as well as a cartouche closely related in appearance to the ouroboros snake biting its own tail.