What is a masmassu?
In ancient Mesopotamia, the ašipu (also āšipu or mašmaššu) acted as priests. They were scholars and practitioners of diagnosis and treatment in the Tigris-Euphrates valley of Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) around 3200 BC. Where was Mesopotamia? Mesopotamia is thought to be one of the places where early civilization developed. It is a historic region of West…