Enmebaragesi

Enmebaragesi
𒂗𒈨𒁈𒄄𒋛
Alabaster vase fragment with transcription of Mebaragesi as king of Kish (illustration).
𒈨𒁈𒋛 𒈗 𒆧
me-bara2-si lugal kish
"Mebarasi, King of Kish"[1]
King of the First dynasty of Kish
ReignEDI (2900-2700 BC)[2]
PredecessorIltasadum
SuccessorAga of Kish
IssueAga of Kish
DynastyKish I

Enmebaragesi (Sumerian: 𒂗𒈨𒁈𒄄𒋛 Enmebárgisi [EN-ME-BARA2-GI4-SE])[3] originally Mebarasi (𒈨𒁈𒋛)[1] was the penultimate king of the first dynasty of Kish and is recorded as having reigned 900 years in the Sumerian King List. Like his son and successor Aga he reigned during a period when Kish had hegemony over Sumer.a[4] Enmebaragesi signals a momentous documentary leap from mytho-history to history, since he is the earliest ruler on the king list whose name is attested directly from archaeology.

  1. ^ a b "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
  2. ^ Pournelle, Jennifer R. (2003). Marshland of Cities: Deltaic Landscapes and the Evolution of Early Mesopotamian Civilization. San Diego: University of California. p. 267.
  3. ^ "Sumerian Dictionary "Enmebaragesi" (RN) entry". Upenn.edu.
  4. ^ Jacobsen The Sumerian King List pp. 82-85