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Gilukhipa |
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Yes, date unknown |
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- «b»http://fabpedigree.com/s048/f830343.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilukhepa
Gilukhipa«/b», or more probable «i»Kilu-Hepa«/i» in «u»Hurrian language «/u», in the «u»Egyptian language «/u» «i»Kirgipa«/i», was the daughter of «u»Shuttarna II «/u», king of «u»Mitanni «/u».
For political reasons, she was sent to «u»Egypt «/u» to join «u»Amenhotep III «/u» in marriage. The Egyptian pharaoh made a special issue of commemorative «u»scarabs «/u» 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.«u»[2]«/u» Gilukhipa became known as the "Secondary King's Wife," meaning she was secondary to Amenhotep III's chief wife, Queen «u»Tiye «/u».
Twenty-six years later, her niece «u»Tadukhepa «/u» also became Amenhotep's wife.
«b»References
«u»1. ^«/u»«/b» Wolfgang Helck, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie 1957, p. 1738
«u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (2004), p.154
«u»Categories «/u»: «u»14th-century BC women «/u»
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I61682 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
15 Dec 2009 |
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