Reference for Kiddushin 143:11
כי הוה ניחא נפשיה דרבי אמר הומניא איכא בבבל כולה עמונאי היא מסגריא איכא בבבל כולה דממזירא היא בירקא איכא בבבל שני אחים יש שמחליפים נשותיהם זה לזה בירתא דסטיא איכא בבבל היום סרו מאחרי המקום דאקפי פירא בכוורי בשבתא ואזיל וצדו בהו בשבתא ושמתינהו ר' אחי ברבי יאשיה ואישתמוד אקרא דאגמא איכא בבבל אדא בר אהבה יש בה
'Shew me the Ishmaelites.' - 'They are like the demons of the privy.' 'Shew me the scholars of Babylon.' - 'They are like the Ministering Angels.' When Rabbi was dying he said: 'There is [a town] Humania<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the right bank of the Tigris, below Shekanzib; Obermeyer, p. 192.');"><sup>33</sup></span> in Babylon, which consists entirely of Ammonites; there is Misgaria<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Unidentified.');"><sup>34</sup></span> in Babylon, consisting entirely of mamzerim; there is Birka<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Identified with Baratha by the river al-Melik: v. ibid. p. 73, n. 2.');"><sup>35</sup></span> in Babylon, which contains two brothers who interchange their wives; there is a Birtha di Satya<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. ibid. where it is identified with Baratha, which belongs to Greater Bagdad.');"><sup>36</sup></span> in Babylon: to-day they have turned away from the Almighty: a fishpond overflowed on the Sabbath, and they went and caught the fish on the Sabbath, whereat R'Ahi son of R'Josiah declared the ban against them, and they renounced Judaism.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [So Jast. Aliter: 'they were destroyed'.]');"><sup>37</sup></span> There is a Fort Agama<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Probably in the vicinity of Pumbeditha; ibid. p. 237, n. 3.');"><sup>38</sup></span> in Babylon wherein dwells Adda B'Ahabah: