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412 THE ASSYRIANS TAKE THEBES ch. xvi-
(general), the satraps, with the men of their hands (?), and my chief
guards, to start on an expedition to the help.....of the kings,
satraps, and servants. I ordered an expedition to be made to
Egypt .... (they) went down quickly, and came to Karbanit.
Tarquu, [(the king of) Kuusi, when he had heard in the city of
Memphis of the approach of my army, numbered his host to make
war and battle, and drew up his army opposite to my army.
With invocations to Assur, Sin (the Moon-god), the great gods,
my lords, I ordered the onslaught of my forces. In a fierce battle
they put them to flight, and conquered with arms the men who
served him (lit. of his service). Fear and terror seized him, and
he turned back. He escaped from Memphis, the city of his king-
dom, the place of his honour, and he fled away in ships to save his
life (lit. soul). He left his tent standing and withdrew himself
alone and came to Ni (the 'great city,' i.e. Thebes), and gave
orders to his men of battle to embark on all the ships and barks (?)
that were with him, and he commanded the man set over the
barks (?).....
I gathered together the commander of the satraps of the cities
beyond the river, the servants faithful before me, them and their
garrisons, their ships, the kings of Egypt, the servants faithful
before me, and their garrisons and their ships, in order to drive out
Tarquu from Egypt and Ethiopia. There were more of them than
before. I sent them against Thebes, the city of the empire of
Tarquu, the king of Ethiopia. They went a journey of a month
and ten days. Tarquu, when he heard of the approach of my arniyj
left Thebes, the city of his empire, and went up the river. My
soldiers made a slaughter in that city.
Nikuu (Necho), Sarludari, Paakruru, whom my father had
made satraps, sinned against the commandments of Assur and the
great gods, my lords, and did not keep to their treaties (with him)-
They despised the glory of my father, and hardened their hearts
to enmity ; they devised a plan of rebellion, and sinned wilfully
(lit. of themselves) against their flesh, speaking thus : ' Tarquu
will not go back from his designs upon (Egypt; he is afraid, and
do ye all watch over your safety (?)' They sent their envoys to
Tarquu, king of Ethiopia, to make peace and friendship (speaking)
thus : ' Let peace be made in our league, and let us be friendly to
each other. On this side (i.e. on our part) we pledge our faith ',
from no other quarter shall there be a breach in our alliance, O our
Lord. They tried to entice into their league the whole army of
Assur, the guards of my dominion; they prepared what their revenge
desired......
My judges heard of their designs, and derided their cunning-
(general), the satraps, with the men of their hands (?), and my chief
guards, to start on an expedition to the help.....of the kings,
satraps, and servants. I ordered an expedition to be made to
Egypt .... (they) went down quickly, and came to Karbanit.
Tarquu, [(the king of) Kuusi, when he had heard in the city of
Memphis of the approach of my army, numbered his host to make
war and battle, and drew up his army opposite to my army.
With invocations to Assur, Sin (the Moon-god), the great gods,
my lords, I ordered the onslaught of my forces. In a fierce battle
they put them to flight, and conquered with arms the men who
served him (lit. of his service). Fear and terror seized him, and
he turned back. He escaped from Memphis, the city of his king-
dom, the place of his honour, and he fled away in ships to save his
life (lit. soul). He left his tent standing and withdrew himself
alone and came to Ni (the 'great city,' i.e. Thebes), and gave
orders to his men of battle to embark on all the ships and barks (?)
that were with him, and he commanded the man set over the
barks (?).....
I gathered together the commander of the satraps of the cities
beyond the river, the servants faithful before me, them and their
garrisons, their ships, the kings of Egypt, the servants faithful
before me, and their garrisons and their ships, in order to drive out
Tarquu from Egypt and Ethiopia. There were more of them than
before. I sent them against Thebes, the city of the empire of
Tarquu, the king of Ethiopia. They went a journey of a month
and ten days. Tarquu, when he heard of the approach of my arniyj
left Thebes, the city of his empire, and went up the river. My
soldiers made a slaughter in that city.
Nikuu (Necho), Sarludari, Paakruru, whom my father had
made satraps, sinned against the commandments of Assur and the
great gods, my lords, and did not keep to their treaties (with him)-
They despised the glory of my father, and hardened their hearts
to enmity ; they devised a plan of rebellion, and sinned wilfully
(lit. of themselves) against their flesh, speaking thus : ' Tarquu
will not go back from his designs upon (Egypt; he is afraid, and
do ye all watch over your safety (?)' They sent their envoys to
Tarquu, king of Ethiopia, to make peace and friendship (speaking)
thus : ' Let peace be made in our league, and let us be friendly to
each other. On this side (i.e. on our part) we pledge our faith ',
from no other quarter shall there be a breach in our alliance, O our
Lord. They tried to entice into their league the whole army of
Assur, the guards of my dominion; they prepared what their revenge
desired......
My judges heard of their designs, and derided their cunning-