Kig RABBEL II Queen GAMILATH Aramaic Ancient GREEK NABATAEA Coin Wealth i23847

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Rabbel II – King of Nabataea: 71-106 A.D.
Bronze 17mm (2.73 grams) Struck circa 71-106 A.D.
Reference: Sear GIC 5706; B.M.C. 28. 13,3
Conjoined busts right of Rabbel, laureate, and Queen Gamilath, draped.
Two cornucopia, crossed; between them, Aramaic legend = ‘Rabbel, Gamilath’ in
two lines.

Son of Malichus II and Shaqilath II, during his minority the
regency was in the hands of his mother. Later, he married his sister Gamilath.
The dynasty was ended by Trajan’s creation of the province of Arabia in A.D.
106.

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The cornucopia (from Latin cornu copiae) or horn of plenty
is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container
overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts, other edibles, or wealth in some form.
Originating in
classical antiquity
, it has continued as a
symbol in
Western art
, and it is particularly associated
with the
Thanksgiving
holiday in
North America
.

Allegorical
depiction of the Roman
goddess
Abundantia
with a cornucopia, by
Rubens
(ca. 1630)

In Mythology

Mythology
offers multiple
explanations of the origin
of the cornucopia.
One of the best-known involves the birth and nurturance of the infant

Zeus, who had to be hidden from his devouring father
Cronus
. In a cave on
Mount Ida
on the island of
Crete
, baby Zeus was cared for and protected by
a number of divine attendants, including the goat
Amalthea
(“Nourishing Goddess”), who fed him
with her milk. The suckling future king of the gods had unusual abilities and
strength, and in playing with his nursemaid accidentally broke off one of her
horns
, which then had the divine power to
provide unending nourishment, as the foster mother had to the god.

In another myth, the cornucopia was created when
Heracles
(Roman
Hercules
) wrestled with the river god
Achelous
and wrenched off one of his horns;
river gods were sometimes depicted as horned. This version is represented in the

Achelous and Hercules

mural painting
by the
American Regionalist
artist
Thomas Hart Benton
.

The cornucopia became the attribute of several
Greek
and
Roman deities
, particularly those associated
with the harvest, prosperity, or spiritual abundance, such as personifications
of Earth (Gaia
or
Terra
); the child
Plutus
, god of riches and son of the grain
goddess Demeter
; the
nymph

Maia
; and
Fortuna
, the goddess of luck, who had the power
to grant prosperity. In
Roman Imperial cult
, abstract Roman deities who
fostered peace (pax
Romana) and prosperity were also depicted with a cornucopia,
including Abundantia
, “Abundance” personified, and
Annona
, goddess of the
grain supply to the city of Rome
.
Pluto
, the classical ruler of the underworld in
the
mystery religions
, was a giver of agricultural,
mineral and spiritual wealth, and in art often holds a cornucopia to distinguish
him from the gloomier Hades
, who holds a
drinking horn
instead.

Modern depictions

In modern depictions, the cornucopia is typically a hollow, horn-shaped
wicker basket filled with various kinds of festive
fruit
and
vegetables
. In North America, the cornucopia
has come to be associated with
Thanksgiving
and the harvest. Cornucopia is
also the name of the annual November Wine and Food celebration in
Whistler
, British Columbia, Canada. Two
cornucopias are seen in the
flag
and
state seal
of
Idaho
. The Great
Seal
of
North Carolina
depicts Liberty standing and
Plenty holding a cornucopia. The coat of arms of
Colombia
,
Panama
,

Peru and
Venezuela
, and the Coat of Arms of the State of
Victoria, Australia
, also feature the
cornucopia, symbolising prosperity.

The horn of plenty is used on body art and at Halloween, as it is a symbol of
fertility, fortune and abundance.

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  Base of a statue of
  Louis XV of France

Rabel II Soter (ar-Rabil) was the last
ruler of the
kingdom of the Nabataea
, ruling from AD 70 to
106.

After the death of his father,
Malichus II
, ar-Rabil still a child, ascended
to the throne. His mother,
Shaqilath
, assumed control of the government in
the early years. His sister Gamilath became queen of the
Nabateans
. Ar-Rabil gave himself the title “Soter”
(“Savior of the People”). After his death in 106, the
Roman emperor

Trajan
faced practically no resistance and
conquered the
Nabataean kingdom
on 22 March 106. It became
the Roman province of
Arabia Petraea
, with
Bosra
becoming its provincial capital.

Ar-Rabil’s formal successor was
Malichus III
.