Last year, I wrote a brief article about how the heart “breaks” in ancient Mesopotamia. What could a broken heart have meant 3,000 years ago, and how did people express mental distress?
To me, how they made emotional pain make sense is really moving https://anetoday.org/al-rashid-heartbreak-mesopotamia/
To me, how they made emotional pain make sense is really moving https://anetoday.org/al-rashid-heartbreak-mesopotamia/
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- libbu “heart” which can also refer to the mind, stomach, innards, inside of something, etc
- hepû “to break” which is also used of objects like tablets