Commentary for Bava Metzia 208:10
ולרבא מ"ש מהא דתנן אם אוביר ולא אעביד אשלם במיטבא התם לא קא גזים הכא כיון דקאמר מילתא יתירתא גוזמא בעלמא הוא דקגזים
A certain man once said, 'Give my daughter four hundred <i>zuz</i> as her <i>kethubah</i>.' R. Aba, son of R. Awia, sent an enquiry to R. Ashi: Does it mean, four hundred <i>zuz</i> [as the actual dowry], hence eight hundred [to be written]; or four hundred <i>zuz</i> [as the sum to be recorded], the equivalent of two hundred <i>zuz</i> [the real dowry].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was in a place where the amount was doubled. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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