Jastrow: טַסְקָא

טַסְקָא f. (v. Freit. Arab. Dict. s. v. task) 1) a basket, as a measure. Gitt. 78ᵃ לאיתויי ט׳ דאכלא בה וכ׳ (Tosaf. to Ab. Zar. 14ᵇ quotes … ביה) to include the measure in which she measures (or eats) figs (destined) for her particular use. Meg. 7ᵇ מלא ט׳ וכ׳ (Ms. O. טיסקא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., Var. צנא) a taska full of &c. —2) name of a Persian land-tax (a certain measure for each certain quantity of produces). B. Mets. 73ᵇ ארעא לט׳ וכ׳ the land is pledged to the taska, and the king has decreed that he who pays the taska shall have the usufruct of the land; B. Bath. 54ᵇ. B. Mets. 110ᵃ תקינו … יהיב ט׳ the Rabbis have given him a remedy in hand in ordering that the mortgagee shall pay the taxes (and thus secure his ownership against the mortgager’s eventual claims). Gitt. 58ᵇ קביל ארעא בט׳ rented a piece of land for the taxes on it; Ned. 46ᵇ. B. Bath. 55ᵃ, v. זִיהֲרוֹרָא.—Kidd. 70ᵇ, v. דַּסְקָא.