Shlama beth Qidra (Šlama, daughter of Qidra, ), also known as Shalma beth Qidra,
was a female
Mandaean priest
A Mandaean priest or ''Tarmida'' () refers to an ordained religious leader in Mandaeism.
Overview
All priests must undergo lengthy ordination ceremonies, beginning with tarmida initiation. Mandaean religious leaders and copyists of religious text ...
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
Zazai of Gawazta (Zazai ḏ-Gawazta, ; also Zazai ḏ-Gawazta bar Hawa, or Zazai of Gawazta, son of Naṭar) was a 3rd-century Mandaean priest. He is listed as the first copyist in the colophons of many Mandaean texts.
Zazai of Gawazta is ment ...
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Shlama beth Qidra is the earliest Mandaean scribe named in Mandaean colophons, predating Zazai of Gawazta ( AD) by a few generations.
See also
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List of Mandaean priests
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Zazai of Gawazta
Zazai of Gawazta (Zazai ḏ-Gawazta, ; also Zazai ḏ-Gawazta bar Hawa, or Zazai of Gawazta, son of Naṭar) was a 3rd-century Mandaean priest. He is listed as the first copyist in the colophons of many Mandaean texts.
Zazai of Gawazta is ment ...
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Anush bar Danqa
References
Mandaean priests
2nd-century births
3rd-century deaths
Mandaean scribes
Mandaeans from the Sasanian Empire
Ancient priestesses
Mandaean women
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