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[The word] Papyri refers to manuscripts written on papyrus, not to rolls specifically. I think all but one of the early Christian papyri were from codices.
Papyrus was not well-adapted for the making of codices. A papyrus sheet usually wasn't wide enough to be folded more than once, such that when used for codices, they couldn't hold much text. Just think of the Nag Hammadi texts. The papyrus codex is not relevant to the discussion on the order of the whole LXX collection.
Per Don C Barker, "Codex, Roll and Libraries In Oxyrhynchus" (Tyndale Bulletin 57:1, NA 2006):

Siglum (P.Oxy. unless stated) Aland no Codex / Roll Size cm (H x W) Lines per page Hand Punctuation Date
2 P1 C 25 x 12 c. 37-38 Upright neat reformed documentary hand Stops, rough breathings III
208 + 1781 P5 C 25 x 13 27 documentary hand Blank spaces, rough breathings Early III
402 P9 C 15 x 11 16 Carelessly written, crude and irregular Blank spaces rough breathings III
657/PS 11292 P13 On back of a roll ? c. 23-27 Reformed documentary irregular Single and double points III
1008/9 P15/16 C 26 x 18 c. 37-38 Reformed documentary Blank spaces, rough breathing, high stops? Late III
1078 P17 C 25x19 16 Reformed documentary Rough breathing, double dots, medial stops Late III
1079 P18 C-On back of a roll of Exodus ? ? Untrained hand High and medial stops III
PSI. 1165   C 25x16   Reformed documentary   Early III
1171 P20 C 17x 12 25 Semi neat reformed documentary   Late III
1228 P22 R 30 47-48 Round informal medium reformed documentary   Mid III
1229 P23 C 21 x 12 27 Neat reformed documentary Medial stop Late II/III
1230 P24 C 28x19 43-45 Medium size, hurried cursive   Late III
1355 P27 C 25x13 43 Small neat reformed documentary Paragraphi III
1596 P28 C 20x13 c. 26 Medium size, documentary High stop, blank space Late III
1597 P29 C 27x17 38-41 Large size documentary   Early III
1598 P30 C 26x16 40 Large formal heavy round capitals   Early III
1780 P39 C 26 x 16 c. 25 Large calligraphic Blank space III
2383 P69 C 25x15 ? Moderate size, good documentary hand   III
2384 P70 C 25 x 15 c. 28-29 Medium to large upright, documentary   Late III
2683/4405 P77 C 16x 11 c. 20 Small neat upright reformed documentary Middle stop, paragraphi, rough breathing, blank space Late II/III
3523   C 16 x 12 24 Small well formed neat cursive reformed documentary Blank space, projection into margin II
4401 P101 C 25x10 c. 32-33 Medium competent semi neat cursive reformed documentary   III
4403 P103 C 16x 11 c. 19-20 Small elegant neat upright reformed documentary Medial stop Late II/III
4404 P104 C 25 x 14 c. 31 Small neat and carefully written cursive reformed documentary   II
4445 P106 C 23 x 12:5 c. 36 Medium semi neat upright reformed documentary   III
4446 P107 C ? c. 33 Small semi neat reformed documentary   III
4447 P108 C 18:5 x 14:5 c. 23 Medium neat and elegant, upright reformed documentary   II/III
4448 P109 C 24 x 12 c. 26 Medium cursive reformed documentary   II
4495 P111 C ? c. 21-22 Small semi neat upright reformed documentary   Early III
4497 P113 C ? c. 35 Small semi neat upright reformed documentary Rough breathings, high stops III
4498 P114 C 25 x 15 c. 27 Small semi neat cursive reformed documentary   III

By way of comparison, the "First Classical Library" (II or III century, excavated Jan 13, 2006) a basket full of nine classical works from a scholar’s library, contained of the following (all written on papyrus unless otherwise indicated):

P.Oxy. Siglum Codex/Roll Size lines cm(H) lines per col. Hand Punuctuation etc. Date
841 R 18 c.15 Medium size neat reformed documentary Rough breathings, accents, paragraphi, high stop Early II
842 R 20:09 39 Very small neat informal reformed documentary Double dot, high stop, paragraphi, accents, rough breathings Early II
843 R 31:01:00 47 Small well formed informal documentary Double dot, paragraphus Early III
844 R 31:01:00 38 Large formal round Paragraphi, blank space, high, middle & low stops Early II
852 R 37:01:00 54-66 Quickly written reformed documentary Accents, rough breathings, high stop II/III
853 R 20:05 35-38 Small and neat informal round Paragraphi Late II
858 R 18 + ? Small sloping neat informal round   II/III
1012 R 33:05:00 c.40 Small Informal round reformed documentary hand Paragraphi, blank space III
1016 R 28 + 47 Small to medium hand Double dots, high stop, accents, comma between double mutes III
1017 R 27:05:00 34 Larger Rounded informal capital reformed documentary Accents, rough breathings, elision, high, middle and low stops, paragraphi II/III
1093 R 29:01:00 27-31 Reformed Documentary Accents, high, medial hand and low stops  
1364 R 22:3 + 33 Medium reformed documentary Accents, rough breathings, elision, high, medial and low stops II/III
1376 R 32 c.49-53 Medium neat reformed documentary High stops II/III
1606 R 29:05:00 c.46-49 Small to medium upright informal reformed documentary Paragraphi, stops II/III
1607 R 29:04:00 40 Small to medium neat reformed documentary High stops II/III
1608 R 16 + c.32 Medium neat reformed documentary Double dots, paragraphi, high and low stops accents, rough breathings Π
1612 R 28:02:00 c.40 Sloping round reformed documentary Paragraphi, high stops III

Just so you can confirm that these are in fact classical literary works, the works are

841 Pindar, Paeans
842 Theopompus (or Cratippus), Hellenica III. Extant Classical Texts
843 Plato, Symposium
844 Isocrates Panegyricus
852 Euripides, Hypsiple
853 Commentary on Thucydides II
858 Oration against Demosthenes
1012 Treatise on Literary Composition
1016 Plato, Phaedrus
1017 Plato, Phaedrus
1364 Antiphon Sophistes, Περί Άληθείας i.
1376 Thucydides vii
1606 Lysias, pros Hippothersen, Against Theomnestus,
1607 Hyperides (?), For Lycophron
1608 Aeschines Socraticus, Alcibiades
1612 Oration on the Cult of Caesar

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