Elamite language
Following the discovery of documents written in the Elamite language and Babylonian language, it was thought that "Chedorlaomer" is a transliteration of the Elamite compound "Kudur-Lagamar", meaning "servant of Lagamaru" - a reference to Lagamaru, an Elamite deity whose existence was mentioned by Ashurbanipal. However, no mention of an individual named "Kudur Lagamar" has yet been found; inscriptions that were thought to contain this name are now known to have different names (the confusion arose due to similar lettering). David Rohl identifies Chedorlaomer with an Elamite king named Kutir-Lagamar.