Commentary for Bava Metzia 46:4

הכא במאי עסקינן בדאיכא סימנא בפסקא כי הא דרבה בר רב הונא מחתיך ליה אתלתא קרנתא דיקא נמי דקתני דומיא דדג נשוך שמע מינה

or of the loin, serve as an identification mark? Has it not been taught: 'If one finds pieces of fish, or a fish which has been bitten into,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This forms an identification mark. ');">⁹</span> one has to announce [the find]; barrels of wine, oil, corn, dried figs, or olives belong to the finder'? — Here we deal with a case where there is an identification mark in the cut.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The pieces of fish referred to in the quoted Baraitha are distinguishable by reason of the peculiar shape into which they are cut. ');">¹⁰</span> Thus Rabbah son of R. Huna used to cut [pieces of meat] in the shape of a triangle.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which made them distinguishable so that they remained Kasher even when they were lost sight of. ');">¹¹</span>

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