Gilukhipa [61682]

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Gilukhipa, or more probable Kilu-Hepa in Hurrian language , in the Egyptian language Kirgipa, was the daughter of Shuttarna II , king of Mitanni .
For political reasons, she was sent to Egypt to join Amenhotep III in marriage. The Egyptian pharaoh made a special issue of commemorative scarabs on the occasion of his marriage to Gilukhipa in his 10th regnal year, where he recorded that the princess was escorted by 317 ladies-in-waiting, women from the Mitanni king's royal palace.[2] Gilukhipa became known as the "Secondary King's Wife," meaning she was secondary to Amenhotep III's chief wife, Queen Tiye .

Twenty-six years later, her niece Tadukhepa also became Amenhotep's wife.

References

1. ^ Wolfgang Helck, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie 1957, p. 1738
2. ^ Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.154

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Gilukhipa married Nebma'atre' Amenhotep III PHARAOH of EGYPT [61683] [MRIN: 551617744], son of Thutmose IV [61686] and Mutemwiya [61687].