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TARTAK.—An idol introduced by the Avvites into Samaria when Sargon of Assyria transported them thither (2Ki_17:31). This deity is mentioned along with another called Nibhaz, and, according to the Babylonian Talmud, was worshipped in the form of an ass. In Assyro-Babylonian mythology no such deity is at present provable; moreover, the geographical position of the Avvites is uncertain, and their city may have been in one of the western States of Asia. The Greek text ‘A’ replaces Tartak by Naibas, but this may be merely a corruption of Nibhaz.
T. G. Pinches.