Tosefta for Shabbat 8:3

עוֹר, כְּדֵי לַעֲשׂוֹת קָמֵעַ. קְלָף, כְּדֵי לִכְתֹּב עָלָיו פָּרָשָׁה קְטַנָּה שֶׁבַּתְּפִלִּין, שֶׁהִיא שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל. דְּיוֹ, כְּדֵי לִכְתֹּב שְׁתֵּי אוֹתִיּוֹת. כְּחֹל, כְּדֵי לִכְחֹל עַיִן אֶחָת:

Skin, what suffices for the making [i.e., the covering] of an amulet; parchment, what suffices for a small section in the tefillin, viz.: "Hear, O Israel, etc." [For since it is expensive, it is not used for a publican's receipt, but for tefillin or mezuzoth, and he is not liable for a smaller size.]; ink, what suffices for the writing of two letters [to mark two parts of a vessel or two boards, in order to join them]; kohl, what suffices for the painting of one eye. [Those modest women who go veiled, expose only one eye, which they paint.]

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