Talk:Arsames (satrap of Egypt)

Destruction of the Temple of Yahu at Elephantine
The coverage of this affair might need some consideration. The interpretation of events is very controversial and the reasons for the temple's destruction suggested in the article are not generally accepted. For different interpretations (as a land dispute, possible interference from temple at Jerusalem) see "Elephantine", Encyclopaedia Iranica; B. Porten, The Elephantine Papyri in English (1996); P. Briant Kings, Countries, Peoples, 2017 and A. Kuhrt A Corpus of Sources for the Achaemenid Period (2010). Might be worth making this more neutral, and/or redirecting to "Elephantine papyri and ostraca" page which has a more neutral overview of the events. Happy to do this myself soon if there are no objections. EliFJ (talk) 11:31, 18 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Feel free to go ahead (just make sure you cite the appropriate sources/page numbers). Thank you for your effort, - LouisAragon (talk) 00:04, 19 March 2023 (UTC)