In ancient Mesopotamia, the ašipu (also āšipu or mašmaššu) acted as priests. They were scholars and practitioners of diagnosis and treatment in the Tigris and Euphrates valley (now Iraq) around 3200 BC. == Etymology == Sumerian and Akkadian ritual and incantation texts were associated with one specific profession, the expert called in Akkadian āšipu or mašmaššu, which is translated as “exorcist".
In ancient Mesopotamia, the ašipu (also āšipu or mašmaššu) acted as priests. They were scholars and practitioners of diagnosis and treatment in the Tigris and Euphrates valley (now Iraq) around 3200 BC. == Etymology == Sumerian and Akkadian ritual and incantation texts were associated with one specific profession, the expert called in Akkadian āšipu or mašmaššu, which is translated as “exorcist".
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