- "
Turtanu" or "Turtan" (Akkadian: 𒌉𒋫𒉡 tur-ta-nu; Hebrew: תַּרְתָּן tartān; Gr****: Θαρθαν; Latin: Tharthan; Syriac: ܬܵܪܬܵܢ tartan) is an
Akkadian word/title...
- Dayyan-****ur was commander-in-chief, or
Tartan (
turtānu), of the ****yrian army
during the
reign of
Shalmaneser III (859 - 824 BC).
According to the Black...
- (Šamši-ilu) was an
influential court dignitary and
commander in
chief (
turtanu) of the ****yrian army who rose in high prominence. He was
active during...
- made it the
administrative center of a new province,
placed under the
turtanu (commander in chief).
Shalmaneser also
placed other powerful officials...
-
required the king to hand over the
command of his
armies to the
Tartan (
turtānu commander-in-chief) Dayyan-****ur, and six
years later,
Nineveh and other...
- (chief officer/eunuch),
sartinnu (chief judge),
sukkallu (grand vizier) and
turtanu (commander-in-chief),
which at
times continued to be
occupied by royal...
-
instigated by
rival claimants. He was
deposed in 623 BC by an ****yrian
general (
turtanu)
named Sin-shumu-lishir (623–622 BC), who was also
declared king of Babylon...
- In 773 BCE, the same
boundary was re-established by ****yrian
general (
turtanu) Šamši-ilu
acting on
behalf of ****yrian king
Shalmaneser IV.
Around 750...
-
Ullusunu and
receiving some tribute. In the same year,
Sargon sent his
turtanu (commander-in-chief) to help
Talta of Ellipi, an ****yrian v****al beyond...
- the low
point of ****yrian
royal power. In
Shalmaneser IV's reign, the
turtanu (commander-in-chief) Shamshi-ilu was bold
enough to
credit military victories...
