There are open pediments with cartouches and brick parapets with molded stone coping. The doorway was stamped with indistinct cartouches (oval seals with hieroglyphic writing). These outlines are accompanied by oval medallions and cartouches. All "chequerboard" carpets have borders with cartouches and lobed medallions. The borders contain rosettes, often alternating with cartouches. The balustrade railings were embellished with molding and decorative elements (cartouches) embossed with gold. Cartouches were formerly only worn by Pharaohs. The ceiling has studded bands, strapwork cartouches and a broad frieze. The columns support plaster beams decorated with faces, starbursts and cartouches. The cartouches formed phrases, with primary phrases overlapping subordinate phrases. The quay bears cartouches of Marcus Aurelius. On the cartouches, letters of hexagonal outline would spell out the forms of particular lexemes. The four cartouches at the corners depict the elements of water, earth, air and fire. It also had tiny harbor scene hand painted within gold-trimmed cartouches. Above the chaotic battle, the south vault depicts three individuals within ancestor centipede cartouches.