Responsa for Yevamot 241:4

תא שמע דההוא גברא דטבע בכרמי ואסקוהו אבי הדיא לבתר תלתא יומין ואנסבה רב דימי מנהרדעא לדביתהו ותו ההוא גברא דאטבע בדגלת ואסקוהו אגישרא דשביסתנא ואנסבה רבא לדביתהו אפומא דשושביני לבתר חמשה יומי

— Come and hear: A man was once drowned at Karmi and after three days he was hauled up at Be Hedya, and R. Dimi of Nehardea allowed his wife to remarry. And again, it happened that a man was drowned in the Tigris<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], Heb [H] cf. Targum on Gen. II, 14. ');">⁷</span> and after five days he was hauled up to the Shebistana bridge<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The bridge on the Southern Tigris connecting the great trading route between Khuzistan and Babylon during the persian period; v. Obermeyer pp. 68ff]. ');">⁸</span>

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