Tabal (state)

𒆳𒋫𒁄/𒌷𒋫𒁄 (Tabal: earlier)
𒆳𒂍𒁹𒁍𒊒𒋫𒀾 (Bīt-Burutaš: later)
Early 1st millennium BC–713 BC
Tabal among the Neo-Hittite states
Tabal among the Neo-Hittite states
CapitalArtulu
Common languagesLuwian
Religion
Luwian religion
GovernmentMonarchy
Great King (earlier)
King (later)
 
• r. unknown – c. 837 BC
Tuwattīs I
• r.c. 837 BC – unknown
Kikki
• r.c. mid 8th century BC
Tuwattīs II
• r.c. 740 BC – 730 BC
Wasusarmas
• r. 730 BC – c. 726 BCc. 721 BC
Ḫulliyas
• r.c. 721 BC – 713 BC
Ambaris
Vassal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 740s - 713 BC)
Province of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (713 - 705 BC)
Historical eraIron Age
• Established
Early 1st millennium BC
• Tabalian campaign of Shalmaneser III
837 BC
• Submission to the Neo-Assyrian Empire
c. 740 BC
• War against Prizuwanda
mid-8th century BC
• Deposition of Wasusarmas
c. 730 BC
• Deposition of Ḫulliyas
c. 726 BC
• Restoration of Ḫulliyas
c. 721 BC
• Reorganisation into Bīt-Burutaš
c. 718 BC
• Annexation by the Neo-Assyrian Empire
713 BC
Preceded by
Hittite empire
Today part ofTurkey

Tabal (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒋫𒁄 and 𒌷𒋫𒁄[1][2][3]), later reorganised into Bīt-Burutaš (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒆳𒂍𒁹𒁍𒊒𒋫𒀾[4][5]) or Bīt-Paruta (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒂍𒁹𒉺𒊒𒋫[4][6]),[7] was a Luwian-speaking Syro-Hittite state which existed in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.

  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. ^ a b "Bit-Purutaš [1] (GN)". Textual Sources of the Assyrian Empire. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  5. ^ "Bit-Purutaš [1] (GN)". Sargon II. The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  6. ^ "Bit-Purutaš [1] (GN)". The Correspondence of Tiglath-Pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. State Archives of Assyria Online. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  7. ^ Weeden 2017, p. 725.