Enmebaragesi (Sumerian: ๐๐จ๐๐๐ Enmebรกrgisi [EN-ME-BARA2-GI4-SE]) originally Mebarasi (๐จ๐๐) 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 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.
Alabaster vase fragment with transcription of Mebaragesi as king of Kish (illustration). ๐จ๐๐ ๐ ๐ง me-bara2-si lugal kish "Mebarasi, King of Kish"
Kish is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located 80ย km (50ย mi) south of Baghdad and 12ย km (7.5ย mi) east of the ancient city of Babylon. The Ubaid period site of Ras al-Amiyah is 8ย km (5.0ย mi) away. It was occupied from the Ubaid period to the Hellenistic period. In Early Dynastic times the city's patron deity was Ishtar with her consort Ea. Her temple, at Tell Ingharra, was (E)-hursag-kalama. By Old Babylonian times the patron deities had become Zababa, along with his consort, the goddess Bau and Istar. His temple Emeteursag was at Uhaimir.
Mesannepada, Lugal Kish-ki (๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ ), "Mesannepada, King of Kish", on a seal impression found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The last column of characters, is thought to mean "his wife..." (๐ฎ๐ก๐ผ, dam-nu-gig).
Macehead inscription of Manishtushu, ruler of the Akkadian Empire: Manishtushu Lugal Kish, "Manishtushu King of Kish"
Iraq. Kish. (Tel-Uhaimir). Ruins of Kish at time of excavation
Ruins of a ziggurat at the Sumerian city of Kish. Babel Governorate, Iraq.