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Shaqilath (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢝𐢚𐢍𐢑𐢞 , ŠQYLT; [3] also spelled Shaqilat, Shaqeela, Shaqeelah, Šagīlat) was a queen of the Nabataeans. She was the second wife and co-ruler of Aretas IV of the Nabataeans [ 4 ] in AD 16–40.
The Rulers of Nabataea, reigned over the Nabataean Kingdom (also rendered as Nabataea, Nabatea, or Nabathea), inhabited by the Nabateans, located in present-day Jordan, south-eastern Syria, southern Israel and north-western Saudi Arabia. The queens of the later Nabataean Kingdom figure side by side with their husbands as co-rulers on their coins.
Shaqilath II (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢝𐢚𐢍𐢑𐢞 , ŠQYLT; fl. 70), was a queen of the Nabataeans. Silver drachma of Malichus II with his wife Shaqilath II. She was the daughter of Aretas IV of the Nabataeans and his second wife Shaqilath. She ruled jointly with her half-brother and husband Malichus II in 40–70.
The Nabataeans were an Arab tribe who had come under significant Babylonian-Aramaean influence. [9] The first mention of the Nabataeans dates from 312/311 BC, when they were attacked at Sela or perhaps at Petra without success by Antigonus I's officer Athenaeus in the course of the Third War of the Diadochi; at that time Hieronymus of Cardia, a Seleucid officer, mentioned the Nabataeans in a ...
The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū), also named Nabatea (/ ˌ n æ b ə ˈ t iː ə /), was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical antiquity. The Nabataean Kingdom controlled many of the trade routes of the region, amassing large wealth and drawing the envy of its neighbors.
His mother, Shaqilath II, assumed the regency of the Nabataean Kingdom, during the minority of her son Rabel II in 70-76 AD. [5] His sister Gamilath became queen of the Nabataeans. Rabbel gave himself the Greek title "Soter", [3] meaning "Savior". [6] He reigned with his first wife Queen Gamilath and his second wife Queen Hagaru. [7]
In literature, Nabataean society is often described as being more egalitarian, with the king more integrated with lower classes than leaders of other civilizations, Creasman said. ... Dairy Queen ...
Chuldu, Huldu, or Khuld [1] (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢊𐢑𐢅𐢈 Ḥūldū; fl. 1st-century CE), was a Queen of the Nabataeans, spouse and co-ruler of Aretas IV [2] in 9 BC–AD 16. [3] She ruled jointly with her husband from 9 BCE until 16 CE. Copper and silver coins where she is depicted with her husband have been recovered.