= Giusfredi F. − Pisaniello V. − Rizza A. , On the origin and meaning of the Assyrian toponym Tabal, in: AJNES 15/1-2 128-140. [Abstract: "The toponym Tabal was used by the Iron Age Assyrians to refer to a group of Luwian kingdoms
and principalities that occupied Cappadocia during the first centuries of the Iron Age. The name itself
was not used by the Luwians and it is debated whether or not it was continued in later traditions, such
as the Biblical one. It thus seems to be a specific exonym reflecting an Assyrian (and possibly Canaanite)
point of view. Nevertheless, an Assyrian etymology has been recently criticized, and few alternative
analyses, including a Luwian and a Hurrian one, have been suggested. Admittedly, however, all of these
hypotheses present formal and historical unsolved problems. In this paper we will (1) review the reasons
why a Hurrian and a Luwian derivation do not hold water; (2) examine the real semantics of the Semitic
root *’BL as it appears in Akkadian tābalu and nābalu; (3) propose an alternative analysis based on the
linguistic profile and history of the cultures of Mesopotamia and Syro-Anatolia".] Neue Abfrage | New Search
