Enmebaragesi

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Enmebaragesi (Me-Baragesi, En-Men-Barage-Si, Enmebaragisi, fl. ca. 2600 BC), according to the Sumerian king list, was a king of Kish who subdued Elam and reigned 900 years, but was captured single-handedly by Dumuzid "the fisherman" of Uruk, predecessor of Gilgamesh.

He is the earliest ruler on the king list whose name is attested directly from archaeological remains, two alabaster vase fragments with inscriptions about him found at Nippur — where he is said to have built the first temple according to the Sumerian Tummal chronicle.[1]

He is also mentioned in a section of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh and Aga of Kish, as the father of Aga who laid siege to Uruk. The king list and the Tummal chronicle both agree with the epic in making him the father of Aga, last of the dynasty at Kish, for whom inscriptions have also been found. Hence the fragments authenticating their existence have generally been supposed as also authenticating Gilgamesh as a historical king of Uruk.

History of Sumer: Notable Rulers of Sumer
Legendary Kings:	Alulim Dumuzid Ziusudra
First Dynasty of Kish:	Etana Enmebaragesi
First Dynasty of Uruk:	Enmerkar Lugalbanda Gilgamesh
First Dynasty of Ur:	Meskalamdug Mesannepada Puabi
Dynasty of Adab:	Lugal-Anne-Mundu
Third Dynasty of Kish:	Kubaba
First Dynasty of Lagash:	Ur-Nanshe Eannatum En-anna-tum I Entemena Urukagina
Third Dynasty of Uruk:	Lugal-Zage-Si
Dynasty of Akkad:	Sargon Enheduanna Manishtushu Naram-Sin Shar-Kali-Sharri Dudu Shu-turul
Second Dynasty of Lagash:	Gudea
Fifth Dynasty of Uruk:	Utu-hegal
Third Dynasty of Ur:	Ur-Nammu Shulgi Amar-Sin Shu-Sin Ibbi-Sin