Hait-Banbonu even himself. All unattended, he drew the
bolt, threw open the doors, contemplated his father Ra in Hait-Banbonu,
adjusted Ra's boat Madit and the Saktit of Shu, then closed the doors
again, affixed a seal of clay, and impressed it with the royal signet."
He had thus submitted his conduct for the approval of the god in whom
all attributes of royalty were vested, and the god had legitimatised his
claims to universal rule: he was henceforth the master, not merely _de
jure_ but _de facto_ as well, and the kings who had hitherto declined to
recognise him were now obliged to bow reverently before his authority.

Osorkon was the first to submit, and did so before the close of
Pionkhi's stay at Heliopolis; when the latter pitched his camp near
Kahani* in the Athribite nome, the nobles of the Eastern Delta, both
small and great, came one after another with their followers; among
them Patinifi of Pisapti, Paimau of Busiris, Pabisa of Khriahu and of
Pihapi,** besides a dozen others.

* Kahani is, perhaps, the modern Kaha, some distance to the
north of Qaliub.

** Pisapti stood on the present site of Shaft-el-iiineh.
Khriahu, as we know, formed part of the Heliopolitan nome,
and is, very possibly, to be identified with Babylon of
Egypt, the Postat of the Arabs; Pihapi was a place not far
from the supposed source of the Southern Nile.

He extended his favour to all alike, merely stipulating that they should
give him the best of their horses, and undertake to keep careful watch
over the prosperity of their stud farms. But Tafnakhti still held out,
and seemed determined to defy him to the end; he had set fire to his
palace and taken refuge in the islands on the river, and had provided
a hiding-place for himself at Masudit among the marshes on the coast
in case of final defeat. A victory gained over him by the Ethiopian
generals suddenly induced him to sue for peace. He offered to disband
his men and pay tribute, provided he was guaranteed undisturbed
possession of Sais and of the western districts of the Delta; he
refused, however, to sue for pardon in person, and asked that an envoy
should be sent to receive his oath of allegiance in the temple of Nit.
Though deserted by his brother princes and allies, he still retained
sufficient power to be a thorn in his conqueror's side; his ultimate
overthrow was certain, but it would have entailed many a bloody
struggle, while a defeat might