Cartouche Trinket Box Gift Cleopatra VII Philopator was the

Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt

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depicted as a hippopotamus

and she was frequently depicted in art and literature as a source of wisdom and guidance

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Cartouche Trinket Box Gift Cleopatra VII Philopator was theCartouche Trinket Box The cartouche was an oval frame used to enclose the name of a pharaoh. It symbolized the pharaoh's divine protection and sovereignty, with the oval representing the sun's circuit and the horizontal line at the base signifying the boundary of Egypt. Beyond pharaohs, cartouches were also used to write the names of important deities in ancient Egyptian religion. The enclosure of a name within the cartouche was believed to provide