Haya

Anunnaki deity, god of scribes and wisdom, consort of Nisaba.

Core Themes

• Wisdom and record-keeping.
• Linked to Forbidden Knowledge.

Related Concepts & Sources

Nisaba (consort), Cuneiform Tablets (medium), Sumerian Mythology (context)

Scholarly entry: Haya (god), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Archi, A. 2010. "The god Ḥay(y)a (Ea/Enki) at Ebla." In Opening the Tablet Box. Near Eastern Studies in Honor of Benjamin R. Foster , ed. S. Melville and A. Slotski, pp. 15-36. Leiden-Boston: Brill.
• Durand, J.-M. 2008. "La religion amorrite en Syrie à l'époque des archives de Mari." In G. del Olmo Lete (ed.), Mythologie et Religion des Sémites Occidentaux, Vol. I, Ébla, Mari , pp. 131–752. Leuven: Peeters.
• Galter, H. D. 1983. Der Gott Ea/Enki in der akkadischen Uberlieferung: eine Bestandsaufnahme des vorhandenen Materials . Graz: Verlag für die Technische Universität Graz.
• Weeden, M. 2009. "The Akkadian words for 'grain' and the god Ḫaya." Welt des Orients 39 : 77-107.