[A piece of cloth measuring] less than three [handbreadths] by three [handbreadths] that was designated [to be used] to plug a bathhouse, to pour out [the contents of] a pot, [or] to wipe clean a millstone, whether it is prepared [for use] or whether it is unprepared [for use], [the cloth] is tamei, [these are] the words of R’ Eliezer. R’ Yehoshua says: Whether it is prepared [for use], or whether it is unprepared [for use], [the cloth] is tahor. R’ Akiva says: If it is prepared [for use], [the cloth] is tamei; if it is unprepared, [the cloth] is tahor.