[Assyrian. See 2 Kings xviii. 17, Isa. xx. 1.] The ancient Assyrian commander-in-chief.

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1880.  Cheyne, Isaiah (1884), I. 16. No Satraps nor Tartans are necessary.

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1893.  Sayce, Higher Crit. (1894), 427. The ‘tartan’ of Sargon entered Jerusalem and forced Hezekiah to become his tributary.

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1899.  T. Nicoll, Rec. Archæol. & Bible, vii. 255. The Tartan fought against Ashdod and took it.

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