page_title: Datames
hierarchical_section_title: Datames
caption_attribution_description: English: CILICIA, Tarsos. Tarkumuwa (Datames). Satrap of Cilicia and Cappadocia, 384-361/0 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.56 g, 6h). Struck circa 375 BC. Baaltars seated right, torso facing, cradling eagle-tipped scepter in right arm, holding grain ear and grape-bunch in extended left hand; ‘Baaltars’ in Aramaic to left, thymiaterion to right, astragalos below throne; all within crenelated wall / Satrap, wearing Persian dress, seated right, inspecting arrow held in both hands; ‘Tarkumuwa’ in Aramaic to left, winged solar disk to upper right, bow to lower right.
context_page_description: Datames, also known as Tarkamuwa, was an Iranian military leader, who served as the governor of the Achaemenid satrapy of Cappadocia from 380 BC to 362 BC. A Carian by birth, he was the son of Camissares by a Paphlagonian mother. His father being satrap of Cilicia under Artaxerxes II, and high in the favour of that monarch, Datames became one of the king's bodyguards; and having in this capacity distinguished himself in the war against the Cadusii, was appointed to succeed his father in the government of his province. Here he distinguished himself both by his military abilities and his zeal in the service of the king; and reduced to subjection two officials who had revolted from Artaxerxes, Thyus, governor of Paphlagonia, and Aspis of Cataonia.
context_section_description: Datames (Aramaic: Tadanmu, Ancient Greek: Δατάμης, romanized: Datámēs; 407 BC – 362 BC), also known as Tarkamuwa, was an Iranian military leader, who served as the governor (satrap) of the Achaemenid satrapy of Cappadocia from 380 BC to 362 BC. A Carian by birth, he was the son of Camissares by a Paphlagonian mother. His father being satrap of Cilicia under Artaxerxes II, and high in the favour of that monarch, Datames became one of the king's bodyguards; and having in this capacity distinguished himself in the war against the Cadusii, was appointed to succeed his father (who had fallen in that war) in the government of his province. Here he distinguished himself both by his military abilities and his zeal in the service of the king; and reduced to subjection two officials who had revolted from Artaxerxes, Thyus, governor of Paphlagonia, and Aspis of Cataonia.
caption: Coin of Datames. The reverse shows Datames wearing a Persian dress whilst inspecting an arrow, and the observe shows Baal
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