Tabal (region)

𒆳𒋫𒁄 (māt Tabal)
𔒂𔖱𔔆 (Sura)
Location of Tabal (region)
Location of Tabal (region)
StatusRegion
Official languagesLuwian
Ethnic groups
Luwians
History 
c. 12th century BCE
• Tabalian campaign of Shalmaneser III
837 BCE
• Submission to the Neo-Assyrian Empire
mid-8th century BC
• Cimmerian invasions
c. 7th century BCE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lower Land
Cappadocia
Today part ofTurkey

Tabal (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒋫𒁄, romanized: māt Tabal and 𒌷𒋫𒁄, romanized: ālu Tabal[1][2][3]) was a region which covered south-east Anatolia during the Iron Age.[4]

  1. ^ "Tabalu [TABAL] (GN)". Textual Sources of the Assyrian Empire. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  2. ^ "Tabalu [TABAL] (GN)". Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  3. ^ D'Alfonso 2012, p. 180.
  4. ^ Bryce 2012, p. 141.

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