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Abib is probably not a Phoenician month name. Phoenician month names are known: "From the last centuries [B.C.E.] most of the months of the Phoenician calendar are attested in Semitic inscriptions from Sidon,
Kition, Idalion, Tamossos, Larnax Lapethos, Pyrgi, and Carthage: yrx
bl, yrx mp), yrx mrp), yrh zbx$m$, yrh )tnm, yrx p(lt, yrx krr, yrx zhx,
and yrx xyr." [The Cultic Calendars of the ANE, Mark Cohen, p. 384]
As you can see, both Bul and Etanim are attested here. ...
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