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Next to the Assyrian king in apparent rank. The commander-in-chief, who commanded his armies in his absence (). One sent against Ashdod by Sargon, distinct from Sennacherib's tartan (). After the tartan came the rubsaris, "chief eunuch," who had right of near approach to the king's person, and introduced strangers and attended to his comforts; then the rabshakeh, "chief cupbearer," representing his master in embassies.