For political reasons, Gilukhipa was sent toEgyptto joinAmenhotep IIIin marriage. The Egyptian pharaoh made a special issue of commemorativescarabson the occasion of his marriage to Gilukhipa in his 10th regnal year (ca.1378–1376 BCE), 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, QueenTiye.
Twenty-six years later, her nieceTadukhepaalso became Amenhotep's wife.
