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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.