Small notebook with a text block consisting of two gatherings, each of which consists of three machine-ruled sheets folded in half to make six leaves, for a total of twenty-four pages. The six sheets from which the notebook was made were probably originally three sheets that were cut in half horizontally. The leaves in the text block measure 6 × 7⅞ inches (15 × 20 cm). Each page contains about seventeen blue lines, now badly faded. Judging from the size of the paper, the color and number of lines, and the spacing between the lines, it appears the same paper used for this notebook may have been used for Copies of Egyptian Characters, circa Summer 1835–A. The two gatherings were sewn together, and a brown wrapper that is slightly larger than the text block was then sewn to the gatherings (though the wrapper is currently not attached to the gatherings). With the wrapper, the notebook measures 6⅛ × 8½ inches (16 × 22 cm).

Staining on the cover and on the edges of the text block matches similar staining of other documents related to the Egyptian-language project, indicating close, long-term storage with them. The first three leaves are inscribed on the recto side of each leaf. Each of the recto pages of the notebook was paginated at a later time with the numbers 1 through 3. The handwriting and style of this later pagination match those on other Egyptian-language and Book of Abraham documents, which also points to collective custody and storage. “Valuable Discovery” was presumably included with the Egyptian material identified in various Historian’s Office inventories throughout the nineteenth century, which suggests continuous institutional custody.