The Foreign Invaders of Ancient Egypt: The History of the Hyksos, Sea Peoples, Nubians, Babylonians, and Assyrians by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors [Editors, Charles River]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2016-12-15T08:00:00+00:00

The Necho mentioned in this passage is Nekau I, who was the progenitor of Egypt’s Twenty Sixth Dynasty and the father of Psamtek I (664-610 BC), the king who was able to unify Egypt once more (Kuhrt 2010, 2:638).

The Nubians made one last effort to take control of Egypt in 664 BC when the king Tanwetami led an army from Napata into Egypt, which resulted in Assurbanipal leading one last invasion force into the Nile Valley. The Rassam Cylinder reads:

“I took the road after Tandamanê, marched as far as Ni’, his stronghold. He saw the approach of my terrible battle (array), forsook Ni’, fled to the city of Kipkipi. That city (i.e. Ni’) my hands captured in its entirety, - with the aid of Assur and Ishtar. Silver, gold, precious stones, the goods of his palace, all there was, brightly colored and linen garments, great horses, two tall obelisks, made of shining electrum, whose weight was 2,500 talents, (and) which stood by the gate of the temple, I removed from their positions and carried them off to Assyria.” (Pritchard 1992, 295)

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