W.F. Albright (translator), “Palestinian Inscriptions,” in Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts, p. 320. The use of “his month” to refer to the month when one works at a specific occupation is idiomatic in Hebrew. As an example: “Those officials supplied provisions for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, each one in his month h\odsûô” (1 Kings 5:7).

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