mašmaš [SORCERER]

mašmaš [SORCERER] (33x: ED IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. maš-maš "sorcerer, incantation priest" Akk. ašīpu; mašmaš(š)u

[1]		maš-maš
+	-0 (33x/100%).

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[1]		2	11	20

2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. sorcerer, incantation priest (33x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/unknown maš-maš Early Dynastic Lu E 117. ELA/Old Akkadian/Adab 1(aš@c) la₂ igi 4(diš) maš-maš Adab 0719+1016+0762+1053 o ii 5. ELA/Ur III/Drehem mu mar-tu maš-maš dilmun-ta e-ra-ne CST 254 2; mu mar-tu maš-maš dilmun e-ra-ne-še₃ TRU 305 3; mu mar-tu maš-maš dilmun-ta e-ra-ne-še₃ Ebla 1975-1985 287 A 3. ELA/Ur III/Girsu maš-maš 2(diš)-a-bi MVN 07, 164 9; maš-maš 2(diš)-a-bi MVN 07, 246 1; maš-maš SA 140 2. ELA/Ur III/Umma nig₂-dab₅ maš-maš MVN 01, 231 o iii 5; maš-maš-e šu ba-ti Nik 2, 182 4. unknown/Ebla/Ebla maš-maš MEE 03, 043 r iv 3b. unknown/Ur III/Umma nig₂-dab₅ maš-maš UTI 4, 2301 3; 7(aš) 4(barig) 3(ban₂) še ^diškur u₃ maš-maš SAT 3, 1746 4.

Akk. ašīpu "sorcerer, magician; incantation priest"; mašmaš(š)u "incantation priest".

See ETCSL: maš-maš=sorcerer.

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