kuštāru

[City → Hotel]

a tent ; bīt ṣēri kuštāru šarrūtišu : desert house, his royal tent ; (Aḫlamû) šūt kuštāru : the people (living in) tents / nomadic "Aḫlamu" ; (note) : the name "Aḫlamû" is the closest to (and has been translated as such) "Arameans", actually it seems that the "Aḫlamû" were (Semitic) nomads living among urbanized Semites called "AMURRUM" [MAR.TU : ] whose name means "westerners" / living west (from us) . As far as we know the word "Aramean" has a biblical / Hebraic origin but not an Akkadian one. 2) : Kuštārātum : (personal name) ;

Variants : kultāru

See also : kultāru, maškunu, zārutu, amurrû