Tosefta for Shabbat 8:5

אֲדָמָה, כְּחוֹתַם הַמַּרְצוּפִים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, כְּחוֹתַם הָאִגְּרוֹת. זֶבֶל וְחֹל הַדַּק, כְּדֵי לְזַבֵּל קֶלַח שֶׁל כְּרוּב, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, כְּדֵי לְזַבֵּל כְּרֵשָׁא. חֹל הַגַּס, כְּדֵי לִתֵּן עַל מְלֹא כַף סִיד. קָנֶה, כְּדֵי לַעֲשׂוֹת קֻלְמוֹס. וְאִם הָיָה עָב אוֹ מְרֻסָּס, כְּדֵי לְבַשֵּׁל בוֹ בֵיצָה קַלָּה שֶׁבַּבֵּיצִים, טְרוּפָה וּנְתוּנָה בָאִלְפָּס:

Adamah [red clay], what suffices for the seal of martzofin [large sacks used for lading in vessels, which are sealed as letters are.] These are the words of R. Akiva. The sages say: What suffices for the seal of letters. [The amount of the rabbis is less than that of R. Akiva. The halachah is in accordance with the sages.] Dung and thin sand, what suffices to fertilize a cabbage stalk. These are the words of R. Akiva. The sages say: What suffices to fertilize leek. [This amount is less than that of a cabbage stalk. The halachah is in accordance with the sages.] Thick sand, what suffices for filling a plasterer's trowel; a reed, what suffices for the making of a pen, [which reaches the mid-joints of one's fingers.]; or, if it were thick, [i.e., not fit for writing], or fragmented, what suffices for the cooking of [a fig's size of] "the easiest of eggs" [a hen's egg, so called because it is more easily cooked than all other eggs], mixed with oil and placed in a pot [already heated, so that it cooks quickly.]

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