Person
Arshama
satrap of Egypt, c. 454–after 407 BCE
An Achaemenid prince who governed Egypt through the later fifth century BCE, the best documented of all the empire's satraps through his own Aramaic correspondence. The 454 start of his tenure and its identification as a single unbroken satrapy are reconstructions, flagged as such in the article.
- Date
- fl. c. 454–after 407 BCE
- Other names
- Aršāma · Arsames · ʾršm · Aršāma 2
- Groups
- Commanders and nobles
- Record status
- Secure identification
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- Tuplin, pp. 3–4, 18, 31 in Arshama, satrap of Egypt
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