Shutu
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Shutu is the name given in ancient Akkadian language sources to certain nomadic groups of the Trans-Jordanian highlands. Many scholars have speculated that "Shutu" may be a variant of the Egyptian phrase shasu.
An Egyptian execration text of the 17th century BCE refers to an "Ayyab" similar to, though not identical to, Job as king of the Shutu (Job was not an uncommon name at that time, and identifying him with Job should be excercized with caution, and there was also a large amount of Biblical Jobs). Some scholars have tenuously identified the Shutu as the progenitors of the Moabites and Ammonites.
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- Cohen, Raymond and Raymond Westbrook (eds.). Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Moran, William L. (ed. and trans.) The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
- Redford, Donald. Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-691-00086-7.
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