| sorcerer, witch |
'Person practicing witchcraft': see alwanzatar 'witchcraft' 14.420, alwanzahh- 'bewitch'. Witchcraft was a capital offense by the king's decree, but sorcerers and sorceresses often functioned as medical personnel. The hasawa- (= Sumerogram MUNUS/ SHU.GI, literally 'old woman', Puh 'hag, sorceress') pronounced rituals, attended at births but was distinct from the hassanupalla- 'midwife': StoBT 29. The loan [apisi-] 'exorcist' is based on Akkadian ASHEPU, ASHIPU; see 'physician' 04.870. See also 'mold (clay)', a sorcerer's action 09.720. |