Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 230:6

אמר ליה רבי בכך אתה פוטרני אמר לו שוטה

Is it not possible that there were two [called] Anah? — Rabbah said: I would say something which King Shapur<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shapur I, a king of Persia, was known for his friendship with Samuel, and the title was sometimes used as a surname of the latter. Raba also was sometimes so surnamed on account of his friendship with Shapur II. ');">¹⁰</span> [could] not have said; — and who is he? — Samuel; others say [that it was] R. Papa [who] said: I would say something which King Shapur [could] not have said — and who is he? — Raba;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [So Ms.M.; cur. edd., Rabbah!] ');">¹¹</span> 'Scripture says: This is Anah, [implying]: The same Anah that was [mentioned] before' — He said unto him: O, master, do you dismiss me with such [a feeble reply]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' My point is that a son's daughter has no more rights than a daughter, and you bring an instance from the law of a son's son which the Sadducees do not dispute. ');">¹²</span> — He said to him: Fool,

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