List of Nabataean kings

The Rulers of Nabataea, reigned over the Nabataean Kingdom (also rendered as Nabataea, Nabatea, or Nabathea), inhabited by the Nabataeans, located in present-day Jordan, south-eastern Syria, southern modern-day Israel, Sinai Egypt, and north-western Saudi Arabia.

The queens of the later Nabataean Kingdom appear alongside their husbands as co-rulers on their coinage.

List

Reign Name Arabic name Notes
Kings of Nabataea
c. 248/247 BCM[alichus]?مالك, MālikMentioned by Posidippus of Pella
c. 169 BCAretas I الحارث, Al-Ḥāriṯ or الحارثة, Al-Ḥāriṯa
120/110 to 96 BCAretas II الحارث, Al-Ḥāriṯ or الحارثة, Al-ḤāriṯaIn some sources appears as successor to Rabbel I
c. 96 to 85 BCObodas I عُبادة, ʿubādah
c. 85/84 BCRabbel I رب أيل, Rabb ʾaylIn some sources appears as successor to Aretas II
84 to 60/59 BCAretas III Philhellen الحارث, Al-Ḥāriṯ or الحارثة, Al-ḤāriṯaRecognised by Rome 62 BC
62/61 to 60/59 BCObodas II (?) عُبادة, ʿubādahExistence uncertain until recently; probably ruled a few months
59 to 30 BCMalichus I مالك, Mālik
30 to 9 BCObodas III عُبادة, ʿubādah
9/8 BC to 39/40Aretas IV Philopatris الحارث, Al-Ḥāriṯ or الحارثة, Al-Ḥāriṯa
Ḥuldo, Queen خلدو, Ḫuldu
Šagīlat, Queen شقيلة, Šaqīla
39/40 to 69/70Malichus II مالك, Mālik
Šagīlat II, Queen شقيلة, Šaqīla
70/71 to 106Rabbel II Soter رب أيل, Rabb ʾayl
Gāmilat, Queen جميلة, Jamīla
Hagaru, Queen هاجر, Hajar
106Annexed by Trajan becoming the Roman province of Arabia Petraea

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Barkay, 2015: "The name of the Nabataean king who minted the first anonymous coins is unknown, but it could have been M[alichus], as suggested by one of the interpretations of the Milan papyrus.[...] A Nabataean king from this period is mentioned in a few written sources. One is a papyrus from Egypt kept in Milan comprising epigrams written by the poet Posidippus of Pella during the reign of Ptolemy II (286-246 BCE). It mentions a Nabataean king described as the commander of a powerful 'Arab cavalry force'. The word Ναβαταĩοc (Nabataean) stands alone and its continuation (on the next line) is with a missing word starting with the letter M. There are a few options for filling the gap after 'Nabataean', one of them is the name of the king Malichos (ȝ[άȜιχoc ὢ]Ȟ), a traditional name of Nabataean kings known from later periods. The fixed date of 248/247 BCE was given by an epigram celebrating the Olympian victories by Berenice II, daughter of Ptolemy II and wife of Antiochus II [...]"

References

  1. ↑ Briffault, Robert (1927). The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions. Vol. 1. The Macmillan Company. p. 375.
  2. 1 2 The Numismatic Chronicle. Vol. 154. Royal Numismatic Society. 1994. p. 116.

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