ashipu

Definitions

A magical healer in ancient Mesopotamia.

historical

Examples

“Whatever the patient's requirements, however, the āšipu is unlikely to have⟳ had time to acquire⟳ more than a basic working knowledge of the medicaments which he was attempting to use⟳.”

“The average Mesopotamian believed the cause of stomachaches, headaches, and other mysterious aches was a demon in the body. The remedy was to call⟳ an ashipu for a cure.”

“Virtually all the evidence that we possess⟳ for the practice of Mesopotamian magic consists of the records amassed by and for the āshipu […]”

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