The crossword-style grid was originally painted blue;[2] the hieroglyphs are incised, in sunken relief.
The stele originally formed a 67-by-80-line vertical rectangle,[3] now much damaged, especially on its base and right side.
A roughly 50-by-50-line square area survives in good enough condition to be read easily; other sections have large lacunae, but some other topics can be partially constructed to complete the themes of a hymn to Mut.
A row of vertical standing gods adorn the region above the hieroglyphs in a horizontal frieze above the first horizontal row; the standing individuals presumably face the goddess Mut; the frieze only forms a short perimeter on the upper part of the stela.
The four rows are translated as follows:[4] The starting 4 blocks of Columns 38-42 are translated as follows: (reading downwards through the blocks)[4] Rows one to four, columns 38-42 and their equivalents:[4] Because the Gardiner's Sign List hieroglyph font only face left, the table above is the reverse-facing direction from the Paser Crossword Stela.