Artumpara, also Arttum̃para, Artembares (Persian name, *Rtambura, self-identified as "the Mede) was an

Achaemenid The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire (; peo, 𐎧𐏁𐏂, , ), also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 BC. Based in Western Asia, it was contemporarily the largest emp ...

Satrap of

Lycia Lycia ( Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; el, Λυκία, ; tr, Likya) was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is ...

circa 400-370 BCE. He was involved in the

Great Satraps' Revolt The Great Satraps' Revolt, or the Revolt of the Satraps (366-360 BC), was a rebellion in the Achaemenid Empire of several satraps against the authority of the Great King Artaxerxes II Mnemon. The Satraps who revolted were Datames, Ariobarzanes and ...

on the side of central Achaemenid authority in 366-360 BCE, helping to put down the rebel

Datames Datames (Old Persian: ''Dātama'' or ''Dātāma'', Aramaic: ''Tadanmu'', grc, Δατάμης, 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 ...

. He is well known for his coinage. Artumpara is known to have competed for power with another man named

Mithrapata Mithrapāta (c. 390–370 BC) was dynast of Lycia in the early 4th century BC, at a time when this part of Anatolia was subject to the Persian, or Achaemenid, Empire. Present-day knowledge of Lycia in the period of classical antiquity comes mos ...

.D. T. Potts, ''A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East'' (2012), p. 912: "...c. 380–370 BC, two western Lycian dynasts named Arttumpara and Mithrapata claimed power simultaneously." It is thought he was defeated by

Perikle Perikles (Perikle in Lycian), was the last known independent dynast of Lycia. A dynast of Limyra in eastern Lycia BCE, he eventually ruled the entire country during the Revolt of the Satraps, in defiance of the Achaemenid Empire. Rule Pericle ...

Coinage

The portrait of Artumpara appears on his coinage, wearing the Achaemenid satrapal headdress. File:DYNASTS of LYCIA. Artumpara. Circa 400-370 BC.jpg, Coin of Artumpara, Satrap of

, circa 400-370 BCE.

References

4th-century BC Iranian people Military leaders of the Achaemenid Empire Satraps of the Achaemenid Empire Lycians {{Achaemenid-bio-stub