To each representation of the elliptic quantum group E(tau,eta)(sl(2))
is associated a family of commuting transfer matrices. We give common
eigenvectors by a version of the algebraic Bethe ansatz method, Speci
al cases of this construction give eigenvectors for IRF models, for th
e eight-vertex model and for the two-body Ruijsenaars operator. The la
tter is a q-deformation of Hermite's solution of the Lame equation.