Shasu

An Egyptian inscription from 1390-1352 BCE mentions the “Shasu of Yhw,” the Shasu being a nomadic people from the Levant region and Yhw being their (or one of their) god (s).

The Exodus 2009

A late thirteenth century papyrus records how closely the commanders of the forts monitored the movements of foreigners: “We have completed the entry of the tribes of the Edomite Shasu [i.e., bedouin] through the fortress of Merneptah-Content-with-Truth, which is inTjkw,to the pools ofPr-Itmwhich [are] inTjkwfor the sustenance of their flocks.”

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

A late thirteenth century papyrus records how closely the commanders of the forts monitored the movements of foreigners: “We have completed the entry of the tribes of the Edomite Shasu [i.e., bedouin] through the fortress of Merneptah-Content-with-Truth, which is inTjkw,to the pools ofPr-Itmwhich [are] inTjkwfor the sustenance of their flocks.”

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

A late thirteenth century papyrus records how closely the commanders of the forts monitored the movements of foreigners: “We have completed the entry of the tribes of the Edomite Shasu [i.e., bedouin] through the fortress of Merneptah-Content-with-Truth, which is inTjkw,to the pools ofPr-Itmwhich [are] inTjkwfor the sustenance of their flocks.”

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

A late thirteenth century papyrus records how closely the commanders of the forts monitored the movements of foreigners: “We have completed the entry of the tribes of the Edomite Shasu [i.e., bedouin] through the fortress of Merneptah-Content-with-Truth, which is inTjkw,to the pools ofPr-Itmwhich [are] inTjkwfor the sustenance of their flocks.”

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

Shasu, along the more mountainous coast of Edom, and thence northwards past the cities of Askalon and Ashdod.

The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology Arthur E. P. B. Weigall

Shasu, "plunderers," their king or chief Hyk, and hence the name of those invaders who conquered the native kings and established

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

I crushed the Sāara and the tribes of the Shasu (nomad shepherds).

The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians 1895

I accompanied the King of the South, the King of the North, Āakheperenrā, whose word is law, and I brought away as tribute a very large number of the Shasu [1] alive, but I did not count them.

The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians 1895

The next year the Pharaoh led his troops against some country, the name of which is lost, in "the land of the hostile Shasu" or Beduin.

Patriarchal Palestine 1889