Reference for Bava Batra 252:4

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> האומר איש פלוני בני בכור לא יטול פי שנים איש פלוני בני לא יירש עם אחיו לא אמר כלום שהתנה על מה שכתוב בתורה

Mar Zutra of Darishba divided a basket<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'in a basket'. ');">⁹</span> of pepper with [his] brothers in equal [shares].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though he was the firstborn, he renounced his claim upon the double portion. ');">¹⁰</span> [When] he came before R. Ashi, [the latter] said to him: 'Since you have renounced [your rights in] a part [of the estate]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The pepper. ');">¹¹</span>

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