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Unless otherwise indicated, all lectures will be held in the Benjamin T. Rome Auditorium of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (Dupont Circle Metro stop).
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Winter 2009 - Spring 2010 Lecture Schedule (A few weeks before each lecture, more information will be posted on the speaker and lecture subject)


Friday, February 19, 2010, 6:30 p.m.  
Christianne Henry
Walters Art Museum
Location:  Benjamin T. Rome Auditorium of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC (Dupont Circle Metro stop)

“Tanyidamani: A Ruler of Meroë in the 1st century B.C.”

The Meroitic King Tanyidamani (reign ca. 110-90 B.C.) is historically significant primarily for two important objects associated with his reign, a votive tablet in theWalters Art Museum collection, and a stele in the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Both of these objects contain texts inscribed in the cursive Meroitic script, and are the earliest datable documents displaying this unique writing system. This lecture will explore the significance of the Meroitic writing, and the iconography depicted on these objects. Additionally, the lecture will discuss the king’s pyramid at Meroë, traditional burial customs, and the lion-temple of the Meroitic god Apedemak where the votive tablet was found.


Christianne Henry is an Egyptologist with a Masters Degree from the Johns Hopkins University . Her undergraduate degrees include a B.A. in Egyptology from JHU and a B.A. in French from Towson State University . She attended the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat, Institut für Ägyptologie, in Munich Germany, taking graduate courses in Egyptology. She has worked at theWalters Art Museum, Baltimore, for nearly 12 years. Her present position is Head of the Research Library at the Walters. From 1997 through 2001 she was Project Coordinator for the reinstallation of the new Egyptian galleries at the Walters Art Museum, responsible for the management of the preparation and installation of the Egyptian collection at the Museum.

All lectures are free and open to the public.  Please come and bring guests.
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