| Arsames | |
|---|---|
| Satrap of Egypt | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Elephantine_Temple_reconstruction_request.gif) Lower half of one of the Elephantine papyri, containing a plea for the reconstruction of the Jewish temple at Elephantine, and dated to "..the Year 17 of King Darius (II), under Arsames..." (407 BCE).[1] | |
| Predecessor | Achaemenes |
| Successor | possibly none (end of the satrapy of Egypt) |
| Dynasty | 27th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Artaxerxes I to Darius II |
Arsames (also called Sarsamas and Arxanes, from Old Persian Aršāma[2]) was an Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt during the 5th century BC, at the time of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt.
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