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profile’); square orbits with rounded angles; nose moderately broad 
and not very prominent, but the nasal spine is large. In most 
respects the mandible conforms to the Proto-Egyptian type, but the 
ramus shows a tendency towards the form distinctive of the Biga 
population (see ‘ Report of the Archaeological Survey of Nubia,’ 1907- - 
1908, vol. i.). The teeth are perfectly healthy. The femur is small 
and slender, with slight flattening of the upper part of the shaft. The 
length of the right femur is 407, and the diameter of its head 38. 
iy. 178"5,) B. 138, © #.B.93;" B.132,: Biz; 122, fa 120; Welw, 
C.B. 102, F.B. 98, Interorb. 245, R.O. 39x34, L.O. 36345, 
N. 55x27, Big. 87, Sym. 36. 
2104 H.E. This is a man about twenty or twenty-one years of 
age, with a curious blending of the features seen in the skeletons of 
the man 2104 J. and the woman 2104 N.W., having the cranial 
features of the former and the facial traits of the latter. The skull 
is a moderately broad, well-filled ovoid, with a sloping forehead and 
a profile like 2104 N.W. The nose also resembles that of the latter, 
but is also curiously like that found in the Nubian people at the time 
of the Middle Kingdom. Its lower margins are rounded. The orbits 
are not quite so square as those of N.W., being almost elliptical and 
oblique. The teeth are perfectly healthy and unworn. ‘The large 
size of the canines and incisors has produced slight prognathism. 
The left tibia is 306 in length; its epiphyses are just consolidating. 
e165; B. 141, 2B, 97, OH. 1385; Biz. 131, T.F. 1205, Ue. 
Interorb. 27, R.O. 40x33, L.O. 38x33, N. 52°5x26, Big. 86, Sym. 35. 
2162. An elderly man with the coronal, sagittal, and lambdoid 
sutures almost completely closed. The teeth are well worn, but 
healthy, excepting for a ‘ perforation abscess ’° at the root of the lower 
right first molar. There is, however, a considerable amount of tartar 
deposit on the teeth. The cranium is a big ovoid or beloid, with 
prominent superciliary ridges; small, flat, horizontal orbits; small, 
narrow, high-bridged, sharp-edged nose; a wide jaw, with broad chin, 
and a moderate ramus of alien form, with out-splayed angles. There 
is evidence of severe arthritis in the left temporo-mandibular joint. 
The face conforms to a type which is often seen in the Dynastic 
Kgyplian. L.198, B. 139, H.136, «8.B. 9%, Big. 105) ‘Siete; 
T.F. 113, U.F.69, Biz. 134, N.54x25, Interorb. 26, L.0. 38x29, 
R.O. 37 x 30. 
2116 N. This skeleton is probably a woman’s. It conforms to 
the Proto-Egyptian type, the mandible being quite typical, and the 
skull a long ellipsoid, which is well filled. None of the cranial sutures 
show any sign of closing, although the teeth are moderately worn 
and encrusted with deposits of tartar. L. 181, B. 129, F.B. 93. 
2146. A middle-aged or elderly man, with a full ovoid or 
beloid skull, with flattened occiput, somewhat rounded orbits, and 
moderately prominent nose. The coronal, sagittal, and lambdoid 
sutures are closing, and the teeth are worn down, and there are 
5 By this term I refer to an alveolar abscess, which is not due to dental 
caries, but originates by infection through the pulp cavity of a tooth, which has 
been exposed by excessive wearing-down. 
