“Then the soldiers set out on their journey, and they sailed down the river and arrived at Thebes, and they did everything according to His Majesty’s commands.  And again they set out, and they sailed down the river, and they met many large boats sailing up the river, and they were full of soldiers and sailors, and mighty captains from the North land, every one fully armed to fight, and the soldiers of His Majesty inflicted a great defeat on them; they killed a very large but unknown number, they captured the boats, made the soldiers prisoners, whom they brought alive to the place where His Majesty 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.