In
Mandaeism, ʿZlat (
Classical Mandaic: ࡏࡆࡋࡀࡕ,
lit. 'she wove/she span'), also Ezlat, Īzlat, or ʿZlat Rabtia ('ʿZlat the Great'), is the wife or female consort of
Shishlam, a figure representing the
prototypicalpriest or prototypical
Mandaean. Hence, Zlat symbolizes the prototypical Mandaean priestly wife as the archetype of the pure bride.[1] She is described in the Mandaean priestly text The Thousand and Twelve Questions as the "Wellspring of Light."[2]
Zlat is also mentioned in Qolasta prayers 17,
105, 106, 171, and 173 (the Šumhata).[3]