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Ashurbanipal defeated [[Taharqa]] in 667 BCE, who afterwards fled to [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]]. Ashurbanipal marched the Assyrian army as far south as [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]], and sacked numerous revolting cities:
{{blockquote|[[File:Rassam cylinder (BW).jpg|50px|left|Rassam cylinder of Ashurbanipal]]In my first campaign I marched against Magan, Meluhha, Taharqa ([[File:Tar-qu-u in Neo-Assyrian.jpg|60px]] ''Tar-qu-u''), king of [[Egypt]] ([[File:Rassam cylinder Mu-ṣur.jpg|45px]], ''Mu-ṣur'') and [[Ethiopia]] ([[File:Rassam cylinder Ku-u-si.jpg|60px]] ''Ku-u-si'' "[[Kingdom of Kush|Kush]]"), whom [[Esarhaddon]], king of Assyria, the father who begot me, had defeated, and whose land he brought under his sway. This same Taharqa forgot the might of Ashur, Ishtar and the other great gods, my lords, and put his trust upon his own power. He turned against the kings and regents whom my own father had appointed in Egypt. He entered and took residence in Memphis, the city which my own father had conquered and incorporated into Assyrian territory....|[[Rassam cylinder]] of
As late as 665 BC, the vassal rulers of Sais, Mendes, and Pelusium were still making overtures to Taharqa in Kush.<ref name=Torok>{{cite book |author=Török, László |title=The Kingdom of Kush: Handbook of the Napatan-Meroitic Civilization |publisher=BRILL |location=Leiden |year=1998 |isbn=90-04-10448-8 |pages=132–133, 170–184}}</ref> The rebellion was stopped and Ashurbanipal appointed as his vassal ruler in Egypt [[Necho I]], who had been king of the city Sais, and Necho's son [[Psamtik I]], who had been educated at the Assyrian capital of [[Nineveh]] during Esarhaddon's reign.'''{{Sfn|Mark|2009|p=}}''' After his victory, Ashurbanipal left Egypt.
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