Suteans

The Suteans (Akkadian: Sutī’ū, possibly from Amorite: Šetī’u[1]) were a nomadic Semitic people[2] who lived throughout the Levant, Canaan and Mesopotamia, specifically in the region of Suhum, during the Old Babylonian period.

"[6] This usage is somewhat atypical of the use of ʿApiru and external mercenary forces in the Amarna documents since this letter quotes them and the Suteans as necessary and beneficial to Biryawaza's efforts.

[7][8] They reportedly occupied the region of Yadburu bordering Elam and the Persian Gulf, and many served as auxiliaries for Elamite king Humban-nikash.

[11] Such onomastics include the name of a tribe, "Almutu", and the Sutean warrior featured in 13th century BC Ugaritic texts, "Yatpan".

[5] According to Diakonoff Suteans and the biblical name Seth (Hebrew: שֵׁת‎, Modern: Šēt, Tiberian: Šēṯ "placed, appointed") derive from the same root.