Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Artamis

​ A′RTAMIS (Ἄρταμις, Ptol. vi. 11. §§ 2, 3; Artamis, Amm. Marc. xxiii. 6), a river of Bactria, which flowed into the Zariaspis (or river of Balkh), Wilson (Ariana, p. 162) conjectures that it is the Dakash, which flows NE. in the direction of Balkh. The name itself Is probably of Persian origin.

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