Quoting%20commentary for Shekalim 5:3

אַרְבָּעָה חוֹתָמוֹת הָיוּ בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ, וְכָתוּב עֲלֵיהֶן, עֵגֶל, זָכָר, גְּדִי, חוֹטֵא. בֶּן עַזַּאי אוֹמֵר, חֲמִשָּׁה הָיוּ, וַאֲרָמִית כָּתוּב עֲלֵיהֶן, עֵגֶל, זָכָר, גְּדִי, חוֹטֵא דַּל, וְחוֹטֵא עָשִׁיר. עֵגֶל מְשַׁמֵּשׁ עִם נִסְכֵּי בָּקָר גְּדוֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים, זְכָרִים וּנְקֵבוֹת. גְּדִי מְשַׁמֵּשׁ עִם נִסְכֵּי צֹאן גְּדוֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים, זְכָרִים וּנְקֵבוֹת, חוּץ מִשֶּׁל אֵילִים. זָכָר מְשַׁמֵּשׁ עִם נִסְכֵּי אֵילִים בִּלְבָד. חוֹטֵא מְשַׁמֵּשׁ עִם נִסְכֵּי שָׁלשׁ בְּהֵמוֹת שֶׁל מְצוֹרָעִין:

There were four seals in the Temple, inscribed (respectively): "calf," "male," "goat," "sinner." [There were three seals for the three distinct libations for beasts: the first seal for the libations of cattle (three esronim of flour mixed with a half hin of oil, and wine for the libation, half a hin), sealed by "calf." The second "male," for the libations of a ram (the targum of ram being "dichra" - "male." Its libations are two esronim of flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil and a third of a hin of wine for the libation). The third, "goat," for the libations of a lamb in its first year (an issaron of flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil and a quarter of a hin of wine for the libation). The fourth, "sinner," the libation of a rich leper, who brings three beasts and requires ten logs of oil: nine (three each) for the three lambs and one for placing upon lobe and thumbs. It is called "sinner" as per (Erchin 16a): "For seven things (i.e., sins) (leprous) plague-spots come."] Ben Azzai says: There were five [(two seals for the leper)], and they were inscribed in Aramaic [most of their converse being in Aramaic]: "calf," "male," "goat," "poor sinner," "rich sinner." [For a poor leper brings only one beast, and if there were only one seal for a leper, a poor leper would be given three esronoth. And the first tanna holds that the poor leper is given the "goat" seal. The halachah is in accordance with the first tanna]. "calf" is used for the libations of large and small cattle, male and female [both for the libations of burnt-offerings, which come only from males, and for the libations of peace-offerings, which come from males or females, (burnt-offerings and peace-offerings requiring libations, viz. (Numbers 15:3): "…a burnt-offering or a sacrifice (zevach = peace-offering)"]. "goat" is used for the libations of sheep: Large and small, male and female — except for rams. "male" is used for the libations of rams alone. "Sinner" is used for the libations of the three beasts of the leper.

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