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“The wretched, fallen chief of Libya, Meryey, son of Ded, has fallen upon the country of Tehenu with his bowmen . . . Sherden, Shekelesh, Ekwesh, Luka, Teresh, taking the best of every warrior and every man of war of his country. He has brought his wife and his children . . . leaders of the camp, and he has reached the western boundary in the fields of Perire.” <ref> Breasted, Henry, ed. and trans. <i>Ancient Records of Egypt.</i> Volume 3, The Nineteenth Dynasty (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2001), p. 243</ref>

In terms of the ancient world, the battle was actually quite large as the stela records over 6,000 Libyans and 1,000 Sea Peoples as casualties. <ref> Breasted, pgs. 248-9</ref> The alliance between not only the Sea Peoples tribes, but among the Sea Peoples and the Libyans is interesting and is still not fully understood. It is believed, though, that the Sea Peoples sailed across the Mediterranean to Cyrenaica (coastal Libya) where they then formed an alliance with the Egyptians’ eternal enemies, the Libyans. <ref> Cline, Eric H., and David O’Connor. “The Mystery of the ‘Sea Peoples.’” In <i>Mysterious Lands.</i> Edited by David O’Connor and Stephen Quirke. (London: University College London Press, 2003), p. 117</ref> The timing of the attack is also important. Some scholars believe that the Sea Peoples sailed to Libya right after some of them sacked the legendary city of Troy in Anatolia. <ref> Drews, p. 42</ref>