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Bulla bearing Aršāma’s seal, ca. 427-407 BCE. The image depicts the ancestor of the Aršāma line spearing an enemy, with a lion trampling a vanquished fighter behind him. The inscription is partially visible in the upper left hand corner. Bodleian Library Sigill. Aram. V. ©Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. CC By-NC 4.0

Satraps (“governors”) did the everyday work of maintaining Persian imperial rule across its vast empire. Ancient texts from Egypt allow us to understand how this arrangement wo

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The House of Aršāma, Persian Satrap in Egypt