person · P0266
Mar bar Rav Ashi מר בר רב אשי
Son of the Talmud's redactor and head of Mata Mechasya for thirteen years under his given name Rav Tavyumi; he died on the night after Yom Kippur, and geonic memory paired his prayers with Rav Sama's in ending Yazdgerd's persecution.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- מר בר רב אשי
- Also known as
- Rav Tavyumi
- Era
- amoraim
- Parents
- Rav Ashi
II. When
- Traditional
- d. 4228 AM (Seleucid 779, per the Iggeret)
- Academic
- d. 468 CE
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈78 years
- Precision
- approximate
III. Where
- Places
- Sura
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Rav Tavyumi, who is Mar bar Rav Ashi, reigned at Mata Mechasya and died in the Seleucid year 779, on the night after Yom Kippur" (468 CE). | tradition | ★★★★☆ | |
| No source names his teacher; his father Rav Ashi — himself a head of the academy per the Iggeret — stood at the head of his formation. Kinship the Iggeret states; reception it does not — recorded as inference one remove from attestation.
Derived by era-and-institution (and household) inference, not attested.
|
reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |