Responsa for Ketubot 133:8

מ"מ ככליו מיבעי ליה קשיא איבעית אימא הכא במאי עסקינן בדהבא פריכא רב אשי אמר בממלא

But [the difficulty] nevertheless [remains that the expression] should have been, “like vessels [made] from it”! This is indeed a difficulty. If you want I might say: We are here dealing with a case of broken pieces of gold. Ashi said: [We deal here with] gold powder.

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