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Akkadian
Etymology
From wašāpum (“to exorcise, enchant”) (only attested in the D-stem).
Pronunciation
Noun
wāšipum m (plural wāšipū) (Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)
- exorcist, incantation priest, magician, sorcerer
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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Mixed
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- 𒇽𒈦𒈦 (LU₂.MAŠ.MAŠ)
- 𒇽𒈦 (MAŠ.MAŠ)
- 𒅗𒊊 (KA.PIRIG) (rare)
- 𒅗𒊌 (KA.PIRIG₃) (rare)
- 𒇽𒈨 (LU₂.ME) (rare)
- 𒇽𒈨𒈨 (LU₂.ME.ME) (rare)
- 𒇽𒅲𒅲 (LU₂.MU₇.MU₇) (rare)
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- 𒀀𒅆𒁍𒎌 (a-ši-pu-meš) (plural)
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References
- “āšipu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “(w)āšipu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag