Henni von Halle

Henriette "Henni" Emma Gertrud von Halle (née von Mossner) was a German Egyptologist.

Biography Henni von Halle was born in Berlin on 1 January 1878 to Walther von Mossner, Prussian general of cavalry and former aide-de-camp to Wilhelm II, and Meta Giebert.

Henni von Halle taught herself the ancient Egyptian language, which is attested to in the letter she first wrote to Adolf Erman in 1914, where she asked for the recommendation of a teacher or a textbook to continue her studies. His response was at first curt, but he later recommended his student Amalie Hertz as a teacher. She also attended seminars at the universities in Berlin, Strasbourg and Heidelberg. She also worked with Wilhelm Spiegelberg, copying Theban ostraca and graffiti.

In 1920, with rising inflation, von Halle had to sell her house in Berlin and undertook several jobs on different Egyptology projects. From December 1922 and July 1925 she worked for Abraham Shalom Yahuda. From 1 August 1925 to November 1928, she was employed by Hermann Ranke on Die ägyptischen Personennamen. She stayed in Berlin until December 1943, then returned to Heidelberg and died in Nußloch on 2 January 1964. She was frequently added to lists of German Egyptologists and was referred to as an Egyptologist by Erman; however, von Halle never referred to herself as such.