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Norma facialis : the transverse arc is uniformly rounded so that no appear- 
ance of the ‘ ill-filled ’ type can be detected. 
Norma basilaris: the tympanic bones are imperforate. 
Norma occipitalis: the general contour is nearly circular, owing to the 
small development of parietal eminences and mastoid processes. 
Endocranium: synostosis complete; there is a well-developed internal 
occipital protuberance, not marked for the torcular. 
11D.—A reconstructed cranium without face or mandible. 
Sex: female. 
Age: adult, but not senile. 
General description: a delicate cranium with feebly developed muscular 
impressions. 
Norma verticalis: the form is slightly byrsoid, owing to the distinctness of 
the parietal eminences ; no synostosis in sagittal or coronal sutures. 
Norma lateralis: insignificant brow-ridges ; forehead rises abruptly ; basi- 
bregmatic height relatively small—i.e., tapeinocephalic proportions 
are present ; occipital renflement slight. 
Norma facialis: the transverse arc is well rounded. 
Norma basilaris: the glenoid fosse are distinctly shallow; the tympanic 
bones are imperforate. 
Norma occipitalis : the transverse contour is nearly circular—.e., feminine. 
In fact, all the characters of the specimen proclaim this as its sex. 
19D (Fig. 7).—The specimen is so brittle that it is impossible to 
free it from adherent soil; it consists of the cranium and face, with part 
of the mandible. 
Sex: ? female. 
Age: adult. 
Norma verticalis: metopism (persistence of the inter-frontal suture) is 
present, but the metopic suture is obliterated near its mid-point. An 
elongated elliptical contour is seen; there is a remarkable band of 
flattening about 3 cm. wide, extending backwards from near the obelion. 
Norma lateralis : brow-ridges inconspicuous ; the frontal bone rises steeply ; 
the median sagittal contour culminates at the bregma and is flattened 
from the obelion backwards. The flattening looks as though a com- 
press had been applied in the situation indicated. Orthognathism is 
very distinct. There is a very slight occipital renflement. 
Norma facialis: the face is distinctly leptoprosopic!; the transverse 
cranial arc is uniformly rounded in a plane, anterior to the bregma. 
The orbit is megaseme, the nasal aperture narrow. There is practi- 
cally no fronto-nasal depression. 
Norma basilaris: the palate is small and of parabolic contour. 
Norma occipitalis: the contour is pentagonal; slightly flattened areas 
are seen on each side of the sagittal suture. 
14D. Presos: ? Hellenistic Period.—A much-disintegrated skull 
with the mandible; the adherent soil renders the taking of measure- 
ments almost impossible. 
Sex: ? female. 
Age: adolescent, but nearly adult; the wisdom-teeth are just about to 
emerge from the jaws. 
14aD. Presos: ? Hellenistic Period.—A skull and mandible; ex- 
tremely fragile and encrusted with earth; zygomatic arches broken. 
Sex: ? female. 
Age: adult. 
Norma verticalis : elongated and ellipsoidal. 
- 10 All the specimens that give evidence on this feature provide the same indication 
‘as 12D. 
1912. : . R 
