היתה שלמה

[Referring to the previous mishna, if the basket partially lowered into the top of a tanur] was whole,

and similarly a box,

and similarly a flask,

if the sheretz was in it [the container]

the [airspace of the] tanur is tahor,

if the sheretz was in the tanur,

food inside it [the container] are tahor.

If they developed a hole,

that which is made for food,

its measure is in olives (if the hole is large enough to pass through it olives, it no longer offers any protection),

that which was made for drink,

it measure is in drink (it must allow drink to enter through the hole for it to no longer offer protection),

that which is made for [both] this [food] and that [drink],

we take it to the stringent measure

of allowing in drink.

פרק ח משנה ג

סרידה

A woven mat (made of cloth or leather, bakers would place ingredients upon it)

that was placed over the [top] opening of a tanur

and it sagged into it (the middle of the mat sagged down into the airspace of the tanur, while it's edges remained above and outside),

and it does not have sides (i.e. it does not have a rim, and it does not have the status of a utensil),

if the sheretz is inside it (in the middle of it, such that the sheretz is in the airspace of the oven, albeit separated from that airspace by the mat),

the [space inside the] tanur is tamei;

if the sheretz was in the tanur,

food that was in it (in the middle of the mat which hung down into the airspace of the tanur) are tamei,

as nothing protects from the [tumah of the airspace of an] earthenware utensil,

but utensils.

A barrel

that is filled with tahor liquid

and was place below

the dirt floor of the tanur (the floor was dug out and the barrel placed such that the top of the liquid inside the barrel was below the level of the floor of the tanur, while the opening of the barrel was above that floor level, and therefore inside the airspace of the tanur),

if a sheretz was in the tanur

the barrel and the liquid inside it are tahor.

If it [the barrel] was turned over

and its mouth [extended] into the airspace of the tanur,

if a sheretz was in the tanur

sufficient liquid to moisten (liquid sufficient to dampen another object that it comes into contact with is a minimum amount for certain rules of tumah to apply)

that is on the bottom of the barrel (which is outside the airspace of the tanur)

is tahor.