ty was." This done they
proceeded on their way to the region opposite Herakleopolis, to continue
the battle. Again the soldiers of Piankhi attacked the troops of the
allies, and defeated and routed them utterly, and captured their boats
on the river. A large number of the enemy succeeded in escaping, and
landed on the west bank of the river at Per-pek. At dawn these were
attacked by Piankhi's troops, who slew large numbers of them, and
[captured] many horses; the remainder, utterly terror-stricken, fled
northwards, carrying with them the news of the worst defeat which they
had ever experienced.

Nemart, one of the rebel princes, fled up the river in a boat, and
landed near the town of Un (Hermopolis), wherein he took refuge. The
Nubians promptly beleaguered the town with such rigour that no one could
go out of it or come in. Then they reported their action to Piankhi, and
when he had read their report, he growled like a panther, and said, "Is
it possible that they have permitted any of the Northmen to live and
escape to tell the tale of his flight, and have not killed them to the
very last man? I swear by my life, and by my love for Ra, and by the
grace which Father Amen hath bestowed upon me, that I will myself sail
down the river, and destroy what the enemy hath done, and I will make
him to retreat from the fight for ever." Piankhi also declared his
intention of stopping at Thebes on his way down the river, so that he
might assist at the Festival of the New Year, and might look upon the
face of the god Amen in his shrine at Karnak and, said he, "After that I
will make the Lands of the North to taste my fingers." When the soldiers
in Egypt heard of their lord's wrath, they attacked Per-Metchet
(Oxyrrhynchus), and they "overran it like a water-flood"; a report of
the success was sent to Piankhi, but he was not satisfied. Then they
attacked Ta-tehen (Tehnah?), which was filled with northern soldiers.
The Nubians built a tower with a battering ram and breached the walls,
and they poured into the town and slew every one they found. Among the
dead was the son of the rebel prince Tafnekht. This success was also
reported to Piankhi, but still he was not satisfied. Het-Benu was also
captured, and still he was not satisfied.

In the middle of the summer Piankhi left Napata (Gebel Barkal) and
sailed down to Thebes, where he celebrated the New Year Festival. From
there he went down the river to Un (Hermopolis), where he landed a