Tabal (region)
𒆳𒋫𒁄 (māt Tabal) 𔒂𔖱𔔆 (Sura) | |||||||||
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| Status | Region | ||||||||
| Official languages | Luwian | ||||||||
| Ethnic groups | Luwians | ||||||||
| Historical era | Iron Age | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Turkey | ||||||||
Tabal (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒋫𒁄, romanized: māt Tabal and 𒌷𒋫𒁄, romanized: ālu Tabal) was a region which covered south-east Anatolia during the Iron Age. A Luwian-speaking Syro-Hittite Tabal state existed at that time in this area.