*ta/beia: o)/noma po/lews kai\ to/pou.
Tabia (present-day Buyuk Nefes) was in the eastern part of
Galatia, well to the east of the River
Halys; Barrington Atlas map 63 grid F1. Capital of the Trokmoi/Trocmi, who settled in this area after the Gallic migration of the 260s BC. Mentioned by
Strabo 12.5.2 as a fortress, an emporion, and a place of refuge (in the precinct of Zeus with its colossal bronze statue).
However [NF], it is possible that the place intended was
Tabai/Gabai (Isfahan in modern Iran), a place confusing to ancient geographers.
There is also a
Tabai in SW Turkey.
[1] The import of this unusual (though cf.
delta 335,
omicron 707) dual classification is unclear. (Adler reports only 'city' in the
Ambrosian Lexicon.)
A.H.M. Jones, Cities of the Eastern Roman Provinces (Oxford 1971) 100-121
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