Commentary for Bava Kamma 226:13

גופא אמר שמואל דינא דמלכותא דינא אמר רבא תדע דקטלי דיקלי וגשרי גישרי ועברינן עלייהו

even the retaining of a lost article of a heathen is a crime. <font>Samuel said: It is permissible</font>, however, <font>to benefit by his mistake as in the case when Samuel once bought of a heathen a golden bowl under the assumption of it being of copper<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. however n. 9. ');">²²</span></font> for four <i>zuz</i>, and <font>also left him minus one <i>zuz</i>. R. Kahana once bought of a heathen a hundred and twenty barrels which were &nbsp; &nbsp; supposed to be a hundred while he similarly left him minus one <i>zuz</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This clause is altogether missing in Alfasi and Asheri. ');">²³</span></font>

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