the _Stele of the Dream_, that
Tanuatamanu was in the Thebaid at the time of his accession
to the throne.

*** Steindorff thinks that Tanuatamanu had been officially
associated with himself on the throne by Taharqa, and
Schsefer supposes that the dream dates from the first year
of their joint reign. The presence of Tanuatamanu beside
Taharqa, in the small Theban temple, the bas-reliefs of
which were published by Mariette, does not necessarily prove
that the two kings reigned conjointly: it may equally well
indicate that the one accomplished the work commenced by the
other.

The Said hailed his return with joy, and the inhabitants, massed upon
either bank of the river, acclaimed him as he glided past them on his
boat: "Go in peace! mayest thou have peace! Restore life to Egypt!
Rebuild the ruined temples, set up once more the statues and emblems
of the deities! Reestablish the endowments raised to the gods and
goddesses, even the offerings to the dead! Restore the priest to his
place, that he may minister at all the rites!"

The Assyrian officials and the princes of the north, with Necho at
their head, were drawn up beneath the walls of Memphis to defy him. He
overcame them, however, captured the city, and pushed on into the Delta
in pursuit of the retreating foe. Necho either fell in a skirmish, or
was taken prisoner and put to death: his son Psammetichus escaped to
Syria, but the remaining princes shut themselves up, each in his own
stronghold, to await reinforcements from Asia, and a series of tedious
and interminable sieges began. Impatient at this dilatory method of
warfare, Tanuatamanu at length fell back on Memphis, and there opened
negotiations in the hope of securing at least a nominal submission,
which might enable him to withdraw from the affair with honour.

[Illustration: 190.jpg MURAL DECORATIONS FROM THE GROTTOES]

The princes of the east received his overtures favourably, and consented
to prostrate themselves before him at the White Wall under the auspices
of Pakruru. "Grant us the breath of life, for he who acknowledges thee
not cannot live, and we will be thy vassals, as thou didst declare at
the beginning, on the day in which thou becamest king!"

[Illustration: 191.jpg KING TANUATAMANU IN ADORATION BEFORE THE GODS OF
THEBES]

Drawn by Boudier, from a photograph by Legrain, taken in the
small temple at Thebes.

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