cartouche

kartussi puhekieltä An ornamental figure, often on an oval shield.
puhekieltä An oval figure containing the characters of an important personal name, such as that of royal or divine people.
1887, (w), s:She She, ch III:

Besides the uncial writing on the convex side of the sherd at the top, painted in dull red, on what had once been the lip of the amphora, was the cartouche already mentioned as being on the scarabaeus, which we had also found in the casket.

In 1762, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, a French priest who was a scholar of Eastern languages, had made the inspired guess that the cartouches set off words of great importance, such as the names of gods or rulers.