Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 46:8

אמר רב מרי מאי טעמא אמרו רבנן רקתא דנהרא לא הוי סימן דאמרינן ליה כי היכי דאתרמי לדידך אתרמי נמי לחברך איכא דאמרי אמר רב מרי מאי טעמא אמרו רבנן מקום לא הוי סימן דאמרינן ליה כי היכי דאתרמי לדידך האי מקום אתרמי נמי לחברך האי מקום

there [it refers to the time] after the opening of the cellars.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the sealing of the barrels has become general, and the seal no more constitutes an identification mark. ');">²⁰</span> Thus R. Jacob b. Abba found a barrel of wine after the opening of the cellars, and when he appeared before Abaye the latter said to him: Go and take it for yourself.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He had a right to keep the found barrel as it was not deemed to have an identification mark. ');">²¹</span> R. Bibi asked of R. Nahman: Is the place [where an article is found] an identification mark or not? — [R. Nahman] answered him: You have learned it: If one finds barrels of wine, or of oil, or of corn, or of dried figs, or of olives, they belong to him. Now if you were to assume that the place [where an article is found] is an identification mark [the finder] ought to announce the place!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the loser could claim the articles by indicating the place where he lost them. ');">²²</span>

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