Shaqilath (

Nabataean Aramaic Nabataean Aramaic is the Aramaic variety used in inscriptions by the Nabataeans of the East Bank of the Jordan River, the Negev, and the Sinai Peninsula. Compared to other varieties of Aramaic, it is notable for the occurrence of a number of loa ...

: , ''ŠQYLT''; also spelled ''Shaqilat'', ''Shaqeela'', ''Shaqeelah'', ''Šagīlat'') was a queen of the

Nabataeans The Nabataeans or Nabateans (; Nabataean Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; Arabic language, Arabic: , , singular , ; compare grc, Ναβαταῖος, translit=Nabataîos; la, Nabataeus) were an ancient Arab people who inhabited northern Arabian Pe ...

. She was the second wife and co-ruler of

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

of the

in AD 16–40. She married King

in 16 AD and had four children with him: Hagru or Hajir, Malik, Jameelah and

Shaqilath II Shaqilath II (Nabataean Aramaic: , ''ŠQYLT''; fl. 70), was a queen of the Nabataeans. She was the daughter of Aretas IV of the Nabataeans. She ruled jointly with her husband Malichus II in 40–70. After his death she was regent for her son Ra ...

. Her role as queen and her proximity to the king is emphasized by her title "the Sister of the King". During the reign of King Aretas IV and Shaqilat, the trades expanded to distant areas in the ancient world and industry, commerce and civilization of the

flourished. Copper and silver coins where she is depicted with her husband have been recovered and they offer expressive examples and models of the Nabataean civilization in terms of the culture of clothing.

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