person · P0260 · amoraim
Rav Richumai רב ריחומאי
Head of Pumbedita who died during the persecutions decreed by Yazdgerd; the manuscripts themselves waver between Richumai and Nichumai — a head preserved almost solely as a name and a date.
Who
- Hebrew
- רב ריחומאי
- Also known as
- Rav Nichumai
- Era
- amoraim
When
- Traditional
- d. 4209 AM (Seleucid 760, per the Iggeret)
- Civil (computed)
- 4139–4209 AM · 379–449 CE
- Academic
- d. 449 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈70 years
- Precision
- approximate
Where
- Places
- Pumbedita
How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| "After him Rav Richumai — and some interchange it with Rav Nichumai — who died in the Seleucid year 760, at the time of the persecution that Yazdgerd decreed" (449 CE).
The name variant is recorded by the Iggeret itself.
|
tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| No source names his teacher. Per this atlas's succession roster, Rav Kahana held the headship of his academy during his formative window (c. 4154–4174 AM), making reception from him the likeliest reconstruction.
Derived by era-and-institution inference, not attested. The formative window is computed from this entry's schematic dates, hence the low confidence. A talmudic attestation, if one can be verified, should supersede this.
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reconstruction | ★☆☆☆☆ |