Tabal (state)
Tabal (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: π³π«π and π·π«π), later reorganised into BΔ«t-BurutaΕ‘ (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: π³ππΉπππ«πΎ) or BΔ«t-Paruta (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: ππΉπΊππ«), was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite state which existed in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age. == Name == The name Tabal given to the kingdom by the Neo-Assyrian Empire was likely an Akkadian term meaning "bank" or "shore" of a body of water, in reference to the kingdom and region of Tabal being on the southern bank of the Halys river.