Editing Tabal (state) (section)

==Name==
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The name {{Transliteration|akk-x-neoassyr|Tabal}} given to the kingdom by the Neo-Assyrian Empire was likely an [[Akkadian language|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]].{{sfn|Giusfredi|Pisaniello|Rizza|2021|p=136-138}}

Due to an absence of relevant Luwian inscriptions, the native name of the kingdom of Tabal is still unknown.{{sfn|Goedegebuure|van den Hout|Osborne|Massa|2020|p=35}}

=== Usage ===
The kingdom of Tabal was located in a region bounded by the [[Halys river]], the [[Taurus Mountains]], the [[Konya Plain]] and the [[Anti-Taurus Mountains]], and which was occupied by a cluster of Syro-Hittite states.{{sfn|Bryce|2009|p=684}}{{sfn|Bryce|2012|p=141-142}}

The [[Neo-Assyrian Empire]] used the name of Tabal in a narrow sense to refer to the kingdom of Tabal and in a broader sense to designate both this larger region of which the kingdom was part of and to the other states within this region collectively.{{sfn|Bryce|2009|p=684}}{{sfn|Bryce|2012|p=142}}

Modern scholarship therefore designates the kingdom as "Tabal proper" to distinguish it from the broader region of Tabal.{{sfn|Bryce|2009|p=684}}{{sfn|Bryce|2012|p=142}}