Shaqilath II (

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: , ''ŠQYLT''; fl. 70), was a queen of the Nabataeans. Her name as transcribed in

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She was the daughter of

Aretas IV Aretas IV Philopatris (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢊𐢛𐢞𐢞 𐢛𐢊𐢒 𐢗𐢓𐢆, ''Ḥārītaṯ Rāḥem-ʿammeh'' "Aretas, friend of his people") was the King of the Arab Nabataeans from roughly 9 BC to 40 AD. His daughter Phasaelis w ...

of the

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and his second wife Shaqilath. She ruled jointly with her half-brother and husband

Malichus II Malichus II (Nabataean Aramaic: ''Malīḵū'' or ''Malīḵūʾ'') was ruler of Nabatea from 40 to 70 AD. He was the son of Aretes IV and Huldu. Biography Malichus' reign is sometimes perceived as a period of declining Nabataean power, but ...

in 40–70. After his death she was regent for her son Rabel II in 70–76 AD. Copper and silver coins where she is depicted with her husband, and coins of her with her son, have been recovered. Some of these coins are dated with regnal years to the left of the queen.

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