The final chapter turns to the symbolism of gold metal. I argue that the polysemous metal of the tablets served as a material counterpart to the theme of memory, offering ritual performers a repertoire that could be developed and explained in various ways. I focus on three areas of symbolism as especially relevant: mythical, ritual, and economic. All three have roots in poetic tradition. Gold in early Greek poetry characterizes the life of the gods; it also is used in Homeric funerals to signify the transformation of the hero’s mortal body into a durable object of culture. In addition, however, gold has an ambiguous economic significance: alongside its poetic symbolism, it also plays an important role in the monetized economy. Using David Morgan’s concept of “Sacred Economy,” I argue that makers of the tablets used gold metal to articulate and reinforce the poetic claims of an exceptional quasi-elite identity for the initiate and mystic group.