These cosmetic palettes come in numerous shapes and sizes, and were often found in tombs or graves.
A list of shield-shaped palettes; the majority are vertically oriented.
A list of zoomorphic, or animal style Egyptian palettes.
The hieroglyphs are: , , and possibly a relation to , Hathor-sistrum, (the shape of the cow's head, as on the Narmer Palette), and .
The only adornment is a "typographic ligature" style combination of the archaic "Min symbol"-- with the hieroglyph for "crook-staff"--(1/4 of palette face).