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Before an editor begins to transcribe a text, all aspects of the physical papyrus are measured and described:

 the dimensions of the fragment(s)

 the color and quality of the papyrus

 the direction of the fibers

 the location and size of holes

 the direction and orientation of any folds

 the presence of any sheet-joins (= kollēseis)

 the extent of the header, footer, margins, intercolumnar space, and leading (= the space between lines), where extant

 the number of lines, letters per line, and width of the lines

 the size of the letters

 the presence of marginalia, symbols, or corrections (see further, below)

 if the obverse also preserves writing, it is similarly scrutinized

Among the insights potentially resulting from physical examination is the type of ancient book from which the fragment derives (i.e., bookroll or codex). But more significant findings are possible, as well. New analyses of the columns in P.Oxy. 10.1232, for example, have clarified the organization of Sappho fr. 44 (Sampson 2016; de Kreij 2020). Regularly recurring folds or wormholes, similarly, can permit the modeling of a bookroll, facilitating the placement of fragments (or columns) relative to one another. And where the fibers of the papyrus align, disparate fragments can be rejoined with some confidence.