Together with Psamtik I's army, which comprised Carian mercenaries, they fought a pitched battle in north Memphis, close to the temple of Isis, between the Serapeum and Abusir. Tantamani was defeated and fled to Upper Egypt but just 40 days after the battle, Ashurbanipal's army arrived in Thebes. Tantamani had already left the city for Kipkipi, a location that remains uncertain but might be Kom Ombo, some 200 km (120 mi) south of Thebes.[11] The city itself was conquered "smashed (as if by) a floodstorm" and heavily plundered.[11] The event is not mentioned in Egyptian sources but is known from the Assyrian annals,[12] which report that the inhabitants were deported.