Quoting%20commentary for Shekalim 8:2

כָּל הַכֵּלִים הַנִּמְצָאִין בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם דֶּרֶךְ יְרִידָה לְבֵית הַטְבִילָה טְמֵאִין. דֶּרֶךְ עֲלִיָּה, טְהוֹרִין, שֶׁלֹּא כְּדֶרֶךְ יְרִידָתָן עֲלִיָּתָן, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, כֻּלָּן טְהוֹרִין, חוּץ מִן הַסַּל וְהַמַּגְרֵפָה וְהַמְּרִצָּה הַמְיֻחָדִין לַקְּבָרוֹת:

All vessels found in Jerusalem — (if they were found) on the descent to the mikveh, they are unclean; on the ascent, they are clean. [There were two paths to the mikveh: one, descending; the other, ascending, so that the unclean (vessels) not touch the clean. Those found on the descent are unclean of a certainty, for they must have fallen from those bringing them for immersion]; for not as their descent is their ascent. [For in their descent they were definitely unclean, for which reason they would bring them to the mikveh; whereas in their ascent, after immersion, they are clean.] R. Yossi says: They are all clean, [for they did not decree (uncleanliness) for vessels of doubtful status in Jerusalem. The halachah is in accordance with R. Yossi] (they are all clean) except for the basket, the rake [with which the bones of the dead are collected when they are scattered], and the meritzah [an instrument for crushing and breaking the bones of the dead to place them in the basket to carry them from place to place], for they are specifically designated for burial purposes.

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