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Meet the Gezer Calendar: a small limestone tablet from 10th‑century BCE Gezer.

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Carved in early Paleo‑Hebrew, it lists the year by work: two months of ingathering, two of sowing, two of late planting, then hoeing flax, barley harvest, harvest and measuring, pruning, and summer fruit.

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Likely a mnemonic or school exercise, it maps agriculture to time, showing how ancient farmers organized labor—and how early Hebrew writing served everyday life.