It seemed that the Great King with a countless host had taken all the cities of the Delta and, after a long siege, had captured Memphis and put it to the sack, and that the army of Egypt, fighting desperately by land and upon the Nile was being driven southwards towards Thebes.

Pharaoh added that he proposed to make his last stand at the strong city of Amada, since he doubted whether the troops from Lower Egypt would not rather surrender to the Easterns than retreat further up the Nile.

He thanked and blessed us for our promised aid and prayed that it might come in time to save Egypt from slavery and himself from death.
Also there was a letter for me from Amada in which she said, "Oh! come quickly.

Come quickly, beloved Shabaka, lest of me you should find but bones for never will I fall living into the hands of the Great King.

We are sore pressed and although Amada has been made very strong, it can stand but a little while against such a countless multitude armed with all the engines of war." For Karema, too, there were messages from the holy Tanofir of the same meaning, saying that unless we appeared within a moon of their receipt, all was lost.
We read and took counsel.