Ambaris was the sixth attested ruler of the kingdom of
Tabal
Tabal (c.f. biblical ''Tubal''; Assyrian: š«š) was a Luwian speaking Neo-Hittite kingdom (and/or collection of kingdoms) of South Central Anatolia during the Iron Age. According to archaeologist Kurt Bittel, references to Tabal first appear ...
in
Anatolia
Anatolia, tr, Anadolu Yarımadası), and the Anatolian plateau, also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula in Western Asia and the westernmost protrusion of the Asian continent. It constitutes the major part of modern-day Turkey. The re ...
, in what is now
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, TĆ¼rkiye ), officially the Republic of TĆ¼rkiye ( tr, TĆ¼rkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. He ruled from 721-713 BC and under his rule the kingdom annexed the neighboring kingdom of
Hilakku
Hilakku was one of the Neo-Hittite states during the Iron Age in southern Anatolia during the 1st millennium BC.
Hilakku was south of the Neo-Hittite state of Tabal, west of Que, and north of the Mediterranean sea. It covered the land of Cilici ...
, forming the kingdom of
Bit-Burutash.
[Trevor Bryce: ''The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms; A Political and Military History''. Oxford, New York 2012, p. 141-145, p. 307.]
References
Hittite kings
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