Tartan (Assyrian)
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A Tartan Aramaic: ܬܵܪܬܵܢ Tartan; was the commander-in-chief of the Assyria
n army. In the Bible, the Assyria
n king sends a Tartan with two other officials to deliver a threatening message to Jerusalem, and Sargon
, the king of Assyria, sends a Tartan who takes Ashod.
In Assyria, the Tartan ranked next to the king. The office seems to have been duplicated, and
there was a tartanu imni or 'tartan of the right', as well as a tartanu shumeli or 'tartan of the left'. In later times the title became territorial; we read of a tartan of 'Kummuh' (Commagene). The title is also applied to the commanders of foreign armies ; thus Sargon speaks of the Tartan Musurai, or 'Egyptian Tartan'. The Tartan of 720 BC was probably called Ashur-iska-danin; in 694 BC, Abda , and in 686 BC Bel-emurani, held the title. It does not seem to have been in use among the Babylonia
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Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
n army. In the Bible, the Assyria
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
n king sends a Tartan with two other officials to deliver a threatening message to Jerusalem, and Sargon
Sargon
Sargon is an Assyrian name, originally Šarru-kin , which may refer to:- People :*Sargon of Akkad , also known as Sargon the Great or Sargon I, Mesopotamian king...
, the king of Assyria, sends a Tartan who takes Ashod.
In Assyria, the Tartan ranked next to the king. The office seems to have been duplicated, and
there was a tartanu imni or 'tartan of the right', as well as a tartanu shumeli or 'tartan of the left'. In later times the title became territorial; we read of a tartan of 'Kummuh' (Commagene). The title is also applied to the commanders of foreign armies ; thus Sargon speaks of the Tartan Musurai, or 'Egyptian Tartan'. The Tartan of 720 BC was probably called Ashur-iska-danin; in 694 BC, Abda , and in 686 BC Bel-emurani, held the title. It does not seem to have been in use among the Babylonia
Babylonia
Babylonia was an ancient cultural region in central-southern Mesopotamia , with Babylon as its capital. Babylonia emerged as a major power when Hammurabi Babylonia was an ancient cultural region in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq), with Babylon as its capital. Babylonia emerged as...
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