Commentary for Avodah Zarah 77:8

אמר רב אשי שפר נונא שרי קדש נונא אסיר וסימניך (שמות טז, כג) קדש לה' איכא דאמרי קבר נונא אסור וסימניך קברי עובדי כוכבים

R. Ashi said: The shefar nuna is permitted, but the kedash nuna is prohibited; and an aid to the memory is “Holy [kodesh] to the Lord” [but not edible for people]. There are those who say: The kevar nuna is prohibited, an aid to the memory being the phrase “ the graves [kivre] of non-Jews.”

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