 Born in Pharbaetus, he was the commander of the Greek and Carian troops which were sent by pharaoh Psamtik II, along with Egyptian troops, in the military expedition against Nubia in 592 BCE.The name "Potasimto" was given to him by those foreign soldiers and is indeed a hellenization of the Egyptian name Padisemataui (or Padismatawy).The hellenized form of the name came from a well-known Greek graffito which was scratched by his troops on the left leg of the colossal seated statue of Ramesses II in Abu Simbel