ABSTRACT
AMONG the particular pleasures of working in a museum is the chance to make acquisitions that will enhance the collection beyond the curator's working lifetime. This Cyril Aldred did notably for the collection of the then Royal Museum of Scotland, one example being the beautiful quartzite male head of early 1\velfth Dynasty date, R.M.S.1952. 197.1 Another pleasure is to discuss problem pieces with colleagues and here I, like so many others, often benefited from Cyril Aldred's advice. One of his most important articles was his study of royal sculptures of the Middle Kingdom in the Metropolitan Museum Journal.2 This article is dedicated to him in gratitude for the pleasure which that study has given me.
