Enmebaragesi
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Enmebaragesi (Me-Baragesi, En-Men-Barage-Si, Enmebaragisi, fl. ca. 2600 BC) was a king of Kish, according to the Sumerian king list. The list states that he subdued Elam, reigned 900 years, and 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, as the father of the 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. Hence the fragments authenticating Enmebaragesi's existence have suggested that Gilgamesh might also have been a historical ruler.
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- ^ The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature; ETCSLtranslation : t.2.1.3; The history of the Tummal. Retrieved on 2008-04-22.
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| Preceded by Iltasadum |
King of Sumer Ensi of Kish ca. 2600 BC |
Succeeded by Aga |
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| Ante-diluvian kings | Alulim · Dumuzid, the Shepherd · Ziusudra | 3rd Dynasty of Kish | Kubaba |
| 1st Dynasty of Kish | Etana · Enmebaragesi | 3rd Dynasty of Uruk | Lugal-Zage-Si |
| 1st Dynasty of Uruk | Enmerkar · Lugalbanda · Dumuzid, the Fisherman · Gilgamesh | Dynasty of Akkad | Sargon · Manishtushu · Naram-Sin · Shar-Kali-Sharri · Dudu · Shu-turul |
| 1st Dynasty of Ur | (Meskalamdug)* · Mesannepada · (Puabi)* | ||
| 2nd Dynasty of Uruk | Enshakushanna | 2nd Dynasty of Lagash | Puzer-Mama · Gudea |
| 1st Dynasty of Lagash | Ur-Nanshe · Eannatum · En-anna-tum I · Entemena · Urukagina | 5th Dynasty of Uruk | Utu-hegal |
| Dynasty of Adab | Lugal-Anne-Mundu | 3rd dynasty of Ur | Ur-Nammu · Shulgi · Amar-Sin · Shu-Sin · Ibbi-Sin |
| * Meskalamdug and Puabi, though not necessarily rulers, are famous for their grave finds. | |||
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