Enmebaragesi (
Me-Baragesi,
En-Men-Barage-Si,
Enmebaragisi, fl. ca. 2600 BC) was a king of
KishKish is modern Tell al-Uhaymir, Babil Governorate, Iraq), and was an ancient city of Sumer...
, according to the
Sumerian king listThe Sumerian King List is an ancient manuscript, originally recorded in the Sumerian language, listing kings of Sumer from Sumerian and foreign dynasties. It records the location of "official" kingship, along with the rulers and their supposed reign lengths...
. The list states that he subdued
ElamElam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran. Elam was centered in the far west and the southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province , as far as Jiroft in Kerman province and Burned City in Zabol, as well as a small part of...
, reigned 900 years, and was captured single-handedly by
Dumuzid "the fisherman"Dumuzid , "the Fisherman", originally from Kuara in Sumer, was the 3rd king in the 1st Dynasty of Uruk and Gilgamesh's predecessor, according to the Sumerian king list.-See also:*History of Sumer*Uruk...
of
KuaraKuara was an ancient Sumerian city located on the western bank of the mouth of the Euphrates River, about 30 km southeast of Ur....
, predecessor of
GilgameshGilgamesh, also known as Bilgameṣ in the earliest text, was the son of Lugalbanda and the fifth king of Uruk , ruling circa 2700 BC, according to the Sumerian king list...
.
He is the earliest ruler on the king list whose name is attested directly from archeology. Two
alabasterAlabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum and calcite . The former is the alabaster of the present day; the latter is generally the alabaster of the ancients....
vase fragments inscribed with his name were found at
NippurNippur , from the Sumerian for 'lord wind' , is modern Nuffar in Afak Al Qadisyah Governorate, Iraq. Nippur was one of the most ancient of all the Sumerian cities...
where, according to the
SumerianSumer was a civilization and historical region in southern Iraq . It is the earliest known civilization in the world and is known as the Cradle of Civilization...
Tummal Chronicle, he is said to have built the first
templeÉ is the Sumerian for "house" or "temple", written ideographically with the cuneiform sign Specific temples:*E-ab-lua temple to Suen in Urum...
.
He is also mentioned in a section of the
Epic of GilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Iraq and is among the earliest known works of literary writings. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the mythological hero-king Gilgamesh, which were gathered into a longer Akkadian poem much later;...
,
Gilgamesh and Aga, as the father of the
AgaAga is listed on the Sumerian King List as the last king in the first Dynasty of Kish.Aga is mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh as having besieged Uruk...
who laid siege to Unug.
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Enmebaragesi (
Me-Baragesi,
En-Men-Barage-Si,
Enmebaragisi, fl. ca. 2600 BC) was a king of
KishKish is modern Tell al-Uhaymir, Babil Governorate, Iraq), and was an ancient city of Sumer...
, according to the
Sumerian king listThe Sumerian King List is an ancient manuscript, originally recorded in the Sumerian language, listing kings of Sumer from Sumerian and foreign dynasties. It records the location of "official" kingship, along with the rulers and their supposed reign lengths...
. The list states that he subdued
ElamElam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran. Elam was centered in the far west and the southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province , as far as Jiroft in Kerman province and Burned City in Zabol, as well as a small part of...
, reigned 900 years, and was captured single-handedly by
Dumuzid "the fisherman"Dumuzid , "the Fisherman", originally from Kuara in Sumer, was the 3rd king in the 1st Dynasty of Uruk and Gilgamesh's predecessor, according to the Sumerian king list.-See also:*History of Sumer*Uruk...
of
KuaraKuara was an ancient Sumerian city located on the western bank of the mouth of the Euphrates River, about 30 km southeast of Ur....
, predecessor of
GilgameshGilgamesh, also known as Bilgameṣ in the earliest text, was the son of Lugalbanda and the fifth king of Uruk , ruling circa 2700 BC, according to the Sumerian king list...
.
He is the earliest ruler on the king list whose name is attested directly from archeology. Two
alabasterAlabaster is a name applied to varieties of two distinct minerals: gypsum and calcite . The former is the alabaster of the present day; the latter is generally the alabaster of the ancients....
vase fragments inscribed with his name were found at
NippurNippur , from the Sumerian for 'lord wind' , is modern Nuffar in Afak Al Qadisyah Governorate, Iraq. Nippur was one of the most ancient of all the Sumerian cities...
where, according to the
SumerianSumer was a civilization and historical region in southern Iraq . It is the earliest known civilization in the world and is known as the Cradle of Civilization...
Tummal Chronicle, he is said to have built the first
templeÉ is the Sumerian for "house" or "temple", written ideographically with the cuneiform sign Specific temples:*E-ab-lua temple to Suen in Urum...
.
He is also mentioned in a section of the
Epic of GilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Ancient Iraq and is among the earliest known works of literary writings. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the mythological hero-king Gilgamesh, which were gathered into a longer Akkadian poem much later;...
,
Gilgamesh and Aga, as the father of the
AgaAga is listed on the Sumerian King List as the last king in the first Dynasty of Kish.Aga is mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh as having besieged Uruk...
who laid siege to Unug. The Sumerian king list and the Tummal Chronicle concur with the Epic of Gilgamesh in making him the father of Aga, who was the final king of the 1st dynasty of Kish. Thus the fragments verifying Enmebaragesi's historicity enhance the notion that Gilgamesh is also historical.
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