A barrel that developed a hole, and one repaired it with pitch, and it broke: If the place of the pitch can contain a quarter-log it is tamei, since [the barrel] never lost its designation as a utensil. An earthenware fragment that developed a hole, and one repaired it with pitch, even though it can contain a quarter-log it is tahor, since it lost its designation as a utensil.

A barrel that has fractured and one coated it with dung: Even though one removes the dung and the fragments fall [apart] it is tamei, since it never lost its designation as a utensil. [If the barrel] broke and one glued its fragments [together], or if one brought fragments from elsewhere, and [then] coated them with dung, even though one removes the dung and the fragments remain [together] it is tahor, since it lost its designation as a utensil. [If] it had a fragment that can contain a quarter-log, the entire [barrel] transmits tumah via contact, and opposite [that fragment] transmits tumah via airspace.