see e.g. Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave, ETCSL (2006) line 102, etc.;
Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie (1990) vol. 7, p. 121;
Black (1998) p. 136;
Vanstiphout (2003) p.110-111, etc.
Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie (1990) vol. 7, p. 121
Hansman (1978): "In the case of Aratta, where no inscriptions or texts are currently available to favor any one site, the mechanics of identification depend largely on inductive inquiry. At best such methods provide indications from which a location may be postulated as being reasonable or possible. But one cannot assume too much, for then the hypothesis becomes subjective rather than objective." Hansman, John F. (1978). "The Question of Aratta". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 37 (4): 331–336. doi:10.1086/372671. JSTOR544047. S2CID162250050.
Hansman (1978): "In the case of Aratta, where no inscriptions or texts are currently available to favor any one site, the mechanics of identification depend largely on inductive inquiry. At best such methods provide indications from which a location may be postulated as being reasonable or possible. But one cannot assume too much, for then the hypothesis becomes subjective rather than objective." Hansman, John F. (1978). "The Question of Aratta". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 37 (4): 331–336. doi:10.1086/372671. JSTOR544047. S2CID162250050.
see e.g. Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave, ETCSL (2006) line 102, etc.;
Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie (1990) vol. 7, p. 121;
Black (1998) p. 136;
Vanstiphout (2003) p.110-111, etc.
Cohen (1973), p. 61. Cohen states: "it is indeed strange that the name of such an important trade center should as yet remain unknown to us from any economic, administrative or other non-literary texts from the Ur III or Old Babylonian period". Cohen, Sol (1973). Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta (Ph.D.). University of Pennsylvania. pp. 55–61. ProQuest302716331.
Hansman (1978): "In the case of Aratta, where no inscriptions or texts are currently available to favor any one site, the mechanics of identification depend largely on inductive inquiry. At best such methods provide indications from which a location may be postulated as being reasonable or possible. But one cannot assume too much, for then the hypothesis becomes subjective rather than objective." Hansman, John F. (1978). "The Question of Aratta". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 37 (4): 331–336. doi:10.1086/372671. JSTOR544047. S2CID162250050.