Shlama beth Qidra Šlama pt Qidra | |
Native Name: | ࡔࡋࡀࡌࡀ ࡐࡕ ࡒࡉࡃࡓࡀ |
Native Name Lang: | myz |
Birth Date: | 2nd century AD? |
Death Date: | 3rd century AD? |
Occupation: | Mandaean priest |
Known For: | The earliest known copyist of Mandaean texts |
Religion: | Mandaeism |
Shlama beth Qidra (Šlama, daughter of Qidra, ࡔࡋࡀࡌࡀ ࡐࡕ ࡒࡉࡃࡓࡀ|translit=Šlama pt Qidra), also known as Shalma beth Qidra,[1] was a female Mandaean priest and scribe who was active around 200 AD. Her name is found in the colophons of Left Ginza manuscripts, which do not bear the name of Zazai of Gawazta.[2]
Shlama beth Qidra is the earliest Mandaean scribe named in Mandaean colophons, predating Zazai of Gawazta (AD) by a few generations.[3]