wāšipum

Akkadian

Root
w-š-p
1 term

Etymology

From wašāpum (“to exorcise, enchant”) (only attested in the D-stem).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaː.ʃi.pum/

Noun

wāšipum m (plural wāšipū) (Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. exorcist, incantation priest, magician, sorcerer

Alternative forms

• āšipu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic	Mixed
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)	𒉿𒅆𒁍𒌝 (wa-ši-pu-um) 𒀀𒅆𒁍 (a-ši-pu)	𒀀𒅆𒁍𒎌 (a-ši-pu-meš) (plural)

References

• “āšipu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], 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