“My brother you say to me, ‘Lo the Chiefs of thy land are with them,’ but I (say) my brother has not known this that they are with them; (or) if they are Chiefs of my land. But send thou to me and do as I wish. “Do not you know the Chiefs of my land? Do not make this message (even) if they are Chiefs of my land. But do as you wish. “Lo! my brother, as you do not send my envoy, this letter will speak for me as a brother of the King. It is brought by your envoy. “Moreover, I have perceived neither hinderance nor evil in what was done, and lo! my brother, are not you at rest in your heart?” 5 B. M.—The salutation is in the fullest form—nine lines. The letter is almost perfect, and continues: “Lo I have sent to thy presence five hundred pieces of copper (or bronze) as a present for my brother; as brother, little copper is found (is it not so) in your midst. When the power of _An-Amar-ut_(431) my Lord smote the whole of the men of my land, and none made bronze, also my brother it has not been found in thy midst. “Your envoy with my envoy I hope to despatch, and whatever my brother requires of copper I also have sent thee. A Brother thou art to me. Much gold and silver he has sent to me. My brother, God (_Elohim_) gives me also gold. And to my brother’s presence I have sent thee whatever my brother desires. Moreover, my brother, do not you desire my envoy? And my brother has given me also men of his bosom. My brother has sent me two (precious vases?) and has despatched to me one of the Chiefs of illustrious birth.(432) “Moreover, my brother, the Chiefs of my land say to me, that they have walked for me according to the letters of the King of Egypt; and, my brother, the decrees also, and the ... “Moreover, as a Chief of the land of _Alasiya_ has died in the land of Egypt, and his possessions are in your land, and his son and his wife are with me; and, my brother, the possessions of the Chiefs of _Alasiya_ are ... Give them also, my brother, into the hands of my envoy. My brother, has not he abode in your midst, as your envoy abode three years in my land, because the power of _An-Amar-ut_ is in my land; and with my family (and) my wife, is the son of him who has died even now, my brother. I hope to despatch (under escort?) your envoy with my envoy; and I have sent a present to thee, my brother. Moreover, my brother has sent the gold that I desired of thee—much gold, my brother. And let my brother send the possessions that I ask of thee. And, whatever were the messages, my brother has done all, and as for thee whatever messages you utter to me, I also have done. With the King of the _Hittites_, and with the King of _Shinar_, with these I am not familiar. Whatever gifts they have sent to me, and I have rendered twice the amount to thee. Thy envoy has been sent to me to serve, and my envoy has been sent to thee to serve.”