The obverse of the cosmetic palette contains a large circular fortified city that is identified in its interior with a "larger-lion-and-'Nu'-(vessel)"– a hieroglyph represented to the right of the lioness.

The reverse of the cosmetic palette has iconography that became hieroglyphs for the: clenched fist,[2] five standards surmounted by animals, being represented by two hippopotamuses, the "Sacred Ibis", the Horus-Falcon, and the thuderbolt of Min–symbol.

The register below appears to be a smaller area of the palette, and has the remains, (approximately one quarter), of a second fortified city; a bird is one identifier in the second city-fortified interior, with the rest missing.

The rest of the obverse (front) contains a large "fortified-walled-city", and is identified in the center with a larger-lion-and-'Nu'-(vessel) that contains a lioness and the pot; a smaller register section below contains the upper left quarter of a second fortified-city.

The motifs of the sides of the palette are presumably the bull overpowering an enemy, the named-fortified-cities, war-scenes, a collection of deities supporting the war-scenery-(on standards).