 The scroll is roughly from end to end, with thirteen columns of Herodian script written on two pieces of leather, sewn together with linen thread.Most of the columns are missing their lowest lines, the first column is nearly completely lost, and there is a hole through the center of the second column.The third chapter of Habakkuk is missing entirely from the pesher, but it was left out intentionally, not destroyed by aging (most of the last column of the scroll is blank, clearly showing that the text of the pesher was complete).