Haia = Ninlil‘s father, spouse to Nisaba, Enlil‘s father-in-law

god of stores

(Texts: All Artifacts, Color Coding, & Writings in Bold Type With Italics Inside Parenthesis, are Added by Editor R. Brown, not the Authors, Translators, or Publishers!)

(gods in blue …mixed-breed demigods in teal…)

       

        “Haia, I will declare your greatness perpetually!       

         Who among the gods is fitted like you for the holy divine powers?

         Your beloved spouse is the maiden Nisaba, the great queen of queens.

         Ninlil (Enlil‘s spouse), who was born of her holy womb,…”

 

        “My name is Ninlil, a newcomer to your domains.

         I am the daughter of Haia, Lord of the Stores

         and Numbarshegunu, the Goddess of Barley….”

 

        “Haia, who holds the great tablets, who enriches wisdom with wisdom!

         Accountant of Hal-an-kug,

         having the final overview of the arts of Nisaba’s house of wisdom…

         seal-holder of Father Enlil!

         He who brings forth the holy objects from the treasure-house of E-kur…”

 

         “Haia, who wears the ceremonial robe during pure lustrations of the engur!

Indagara, administrator who performs the opening of the mouth

for the gods in the heavens and in the underworld,

          and who is versed in the meaning of obscure tablets;

         craftsman of the great gods!…”

 

        “Enlil, Lord Air, comes often to the canal and the riverbank

         to kiss the fertile lands with the power of his breath that makes everything grow.

         Indeed, Enlil could be the best choice for you, dearest,

         but he should ask your hand first to me and your (Ninlil‘s) father Haia….”

 

          “I am called Ninlil, a Maiden of the Holy House of An, daughter of Haia,

         God of the Stores and of the Barley Goddess Numbarshegunu…”

 

         “Haia, linen-clad priest of E-unir, who stocks the holy animal-fattening pens;

         learned scholar of the shrine E-kic-nujal, whose august name is great, whose mind is discerning;

         who dwells in the great dining-hall alongside the maiden Ningal (Nannar‘s spouse)!

         Fair of features, beloved spouse of Nun-bar-ce-gunu

         and augustly renowned father-in-law of father Enlil the Great Mountain;

         junior administrator, possessor of wisdom, acknowledged in heaven and earth,

         who receives the tribute for the gods,…”

 

         “Ur- Ninmarki, the scribe and scholar:

         ……, his personal gods were Haya (Nisaba’s spouse)

         and Nisaba, he acted for X + 20 years…”