Arsames (satrap of Egypt)
Arsames (also called Sarsamas and Arxanes, from Old Persian Aršāma) was an Achaemenid satrap of ancient Egypt during the 5th century BC, at the time of the 27th Dynasty of Egypt.
| Arsames | |
|---|---|
| Satrap of Egypt | |
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). | |
| Predecessor | Achaemenes |
| Successor | possibly none (end of the satrapy of Egypt) |
| Dynasty | 27th Dynasty |
| Pharaoh | Artaxerxes I to Darius II |
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