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. == References ==