[4][5] He and his daughter are mentioned by Priscus in his account of his visit to the court of Attila], around 448 AD.
[6] During their trip to Attila's favorite town, his envoy joined the king himself and a company of Huns, who were heading in the same direction after hunting in Roman territory.
However, at a certain point they were forced to continue along a different route, as Attila was proceeding to a village where he would marry the daughter of a certain Eskam.
[6] The account of Priscus has survived only in fragments, and it is possible that this Eskam had already been mentioned in the now lost text.
[7] Priscus specifies that Attila would marry Eskam's daughter even though he had many other wives, since "the Scythians (i.e. Huns) practice polygamy".