Chapter 1 The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia: An Introduction

In: The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
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Shih-Wei Hsu
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1–22
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004430761_002

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Series:  Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 116
Cover The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
E-Book ISBN:
9789004430761
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
20 Oct 2020
Front Matter
Part 1 The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt
Part 2 The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Mesopotamia
Chapter 9 Depression at the Royal Courts of Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal
Chapter 10 Shaping Gender, Shaping Emotions: On the Mutual Construction of Gender Identities and Emotional Roles in Ancient Mesopotamia
Chapter 11 Emotions and Their Expression in a Religious Historical Perspective in Ancient Mesopotamia
Chapter 12 Expressions of Joy and Happiness in Neo-Assyrian
Chapter 13 From Landscape to Ritual Performances: Emotions in Sumerian Literature
Chapter 14 Jealousy in Akkadian Love Literature: Zarpanītu in the Divine Love Lyrics
Chapter 15 Visible Death and Audible Distress: The Personification of Death (Mūtu) and Associated Emotions as Inherent Conditions of Life in Akkadian Sources
Chapter 16 Gilgamesh and Emotional Excess: The King without Counsel in the SB Gilgamesh Epic
Chapter 17 Pounding Hearts and Burning Livers: The “Sentimental Body” in Mesopotamian Medicine and Literature
Chapter 18 Fear in Akkadian Texts: New Digital Perspectives on Lexical Semantics
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