Shlama beth Qidra

Shlama beth Qidra
Šlama pt Qidra
ࡔࡋࡀࡌࡀ ࡐࡕ ࡒࡉࡃࡓࡀ
Personal life
Born2nd century AD?
Died3rd century AD?
Known forThe earliest known copyist of Mandaean texts
OccupationMandaean priest
Religious life
ReligionMandaeism

Shlama beth Qidra (Šlama, daughter of Qidra, Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡋࡀࡌࡀ ࡐࡕ ࡒࡉࡃࡓࡀ, romanized: Šlama pt Qidra), also known as Shalma beth Qidra, 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.: 33 

Shlama beth Qidra is the earliest Mandaean scribe named in Mandaean colophons, predating Zazai of Gawazta (fl. 270 AD) by a few generations.: 4 

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