Ancient Mesopotamians felt love in their liver and anger in their feet, Akkadian texts reveal

[Claira]

A recent study has revealed how emotions were understood and experienced in ancient Mesopotamia. The findings, published in iScience on December 4, were based on an analysis of over one million words of Akkadian texts, written in cuneiform script on clay tablets between 934 and 612 BCE.

Led by Professor Saana Svärd from the University of Helsinki, the multidisciplinary research team included experts from Aalto University, the University of Turku, and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Their work represents the first quantitative analysis linking emotions to body parts in ancient texts. “Even in ancient Mesopotamia, there was a rough understanding of anatomy, for example, the importance of the heart, liver, and lungs,” Svärd explained.

https://archaeologymag.com/2024/12/ancient-mesopotamians-felt-love-in-their-liver/

[jethrofloyd]

Just imagine their 'Emoticions' in the modern computer world. The liver emoji instead of the heart emoji. ''I love you - I (liver emoji) you. Or an feet emoji, instead of the anger emoji.

[+Desertrat56]

Interesting.   I learned recently that in farsi what passes for "I love you" in english is "I want to eat your liver" (something like that).  Anyone  know farsi to verify this?

[Piney]

25 minutes ago, Desertrat56 said:

Interesting.   I learned recently that in farsi what passes for "I love you" in english is "I want to eat your liver" (something like that).  Anyone  know farsi to verify this?

Farsi is Iranian. Akkadian is Semitic. No relation in culture.