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thumb|upright=1.2|Coin of Sabaces, in imitation of Athenian coinage. Obverse: Head of Athena. Reverse: Athenian owl. To right: Sabaces symbol and [[Aramaic inscription 𐡎𐡅𐡉𐡊 SWYK. Circa 340-333 BC. Achaemenid Egypt.]] thumb|upright=1.2|Coin of Sabaces. Persian Egypt. Circa 335-333 BC

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Egyptian dignitary.Name
Sabaces
Egyptian dignitary.Style
Satrap of Egypt
Egyptian dignitary.Image
Sabakes portrait.jpg
Egyptian dignitary.Caption
Portrait of satrap Sabaces from his coinage. Circa 340-333 BC. Achaemenid Egypt.
Egyptian dignitary.Predecessor
Pherendates II
Egyptian dignitary.Successor
Mazaces
Egyptian dignitary.Dynasty
31st Dynasty
Egyptian dignitary.Pharaoh
Darius III

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Sabakes portrait.jpg
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date of death
0333-01-01
date of birth
0400-01-01
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  • Resistance to Alexander the Great
  • Successor
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thumb|upright=1.2|Coin of Sabaces, in imitation of Athenian coinage. Obverse: Head of Athena. Reverse: Athenian owl. To right: Sabaces symbol and [[Aramaic inscription 𐡎𐡅𐡉𐡊 SWYK. Circa 340-333 BC. Achaemenid Egypt.]] thumb|upright=1.2|Coin of Sabaces. Persian Egypt. Circa 335-333 BC

Sabaces (; name variants: Sabakes, Sauaces; Sataces; Sathaces; Diodorus Siculus calls him Tasiaces (Τασιάκης); Aramaic: 𐡎𐡅𐡉𐡊 SWYK, died in 333 BC) was an Achaemenid Persian satrap of the Achaemenid Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt during the reign of king Darius III of Persia.

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