Pirissi and Tulubri are a pair of messengers of the 1350– 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Pirissi and Tulubri are the messengers of King Tushratta of Mitanni, and are referenced in Amarna letters EA 27, 28, and EA 29, ( EA for 'el Amarna').
Queen Tiye of the letter is the Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III-( Akhenaten's father–(Akhenaten= Amenhotep IV)). The letter EA 28 is by King Tushratta of Mitanni, sent to Akhenaten, King of ancient Egypt.
Shortly after Amenhotep IV-(Akhenaten) became Pharaoh of Egypt, Tushratta wrote letters(?) to Tiye his mother. [1] The " docket" on the reverse of EA 23 states the following: [2]
Letter no. 12 of 13 by Tushratta to pharaoh:
Letter no. 12 of 13-(to Akhenaten): (See here: [1]
Para I
Para II
Para III
Bottom & damaged para IV
Para V
Para VI
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).
Pirissi and Tulubri are a pair of messengers of the 1350– 1335 BC Amarna letters correspondence. Pirissi and Tulubri are the messengers of King Tushratta of Mitanni, and are referenced in Amarna letters EA 27, 28, and EA 29, ( EA for 'el Amarna').
Queen Tiye of the letter is the Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III-( Akhenaten's father–(Akhenaten= Amenhotep IV)). The letter EA 28 is by King Tushratta of Mitanni, sent to Akhenaten, King of ancient Egypt.
Shortly after Amenhotep IV-(Akhenaten) became Pharaoh of Egypt, Tushratta wrote letters(?) to Tiye his mother. [1] The " docket" on the reverse of EA 23 states the following: [2]
Letter no. 12 of 13 by Tushratta to pharaoh:
Letter no. 12 of 13-(to Akhenaten): (See here: [1]
Para I
Para II
Para III
Bottom & damaged para IV
Para V
Para VI
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).