presence of the other and hea[r] [the ot]her's greeting, [and] both of us rejoice very, very-(dan-niš, dan-niš) much every day? Bottom & damaged para IV May my [brother] let my messengers go promptly so I [m]ay hear the greeting [of] my [broth]er ... Para V I want to let [Mane] go and I want to send [my] mess[engers to m]y [brother] as in the past, [that] I may h[ear] my brother's former ... [...] ... He went to my brother, and may my brother do absolutely every thing I want and not cause me dist[ress]. Para VI Teye, your mother, knows all the words that I spoke with yo[ur] father. No one else knows them. You must ask Teye, your mother, about them so she can tell you. Just as your father-(Amenhotep III) always showed love to me, so now may my brother always show love to me. And may my brother listen to nothing from anyone else." -EA 28, lines 1-49 (with lacunae, (lines 32-36, etc.)) A similar consultation/exhortation to Queen Teye can be found in letter EA 26, written to Teye, entitled: To the Queen Mother. In the second paragraph of the letter, (lines 7-18), Tushratta talks privately to Teye, and ends by saying: "...who knows much better than all others the things [that] we said [to one an]other. No one [el]se knows them (-as well)." In EA 27, and 29, the names of the messengers are partial, or in sections of missing/damaged characters-(lacunae). See also Tadukhipa-(Tadu-Heba) References Moran. The Amarna Letters, Moran, William L., Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. (softcover, ) Murnane. Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt, William J. Murnane, c 1995, (Society of Biblical Literature), "Writings from the Ancient World Series", Scholars Press, Atlanta. (289 pages, small print) (softcover, ) External links EA 28, Obverse & Reverse, Line Drawing photo: Line Drawing, cuneiform, and Akkadian, EA 28: Obverse & Reverse, CDLI no. P270967 (Chicago Digital Library Initiative) CDLI listing of all EA Amarna letters, 1-382 Amarna letters officials Hurrian people Mizraim