Enmebaragesi
Sign in to saveEnmebaragesi (Sumerian: Enmebárgisi [EN-ME-BARA2-GI4-SE]; ) originally Mebarasi () 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. 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.
Key facts
- Royalty.issue
- Aga
- Royalty.name
- Enmebaragesi
- Royalty.reign
- c. 2750 BC
- Royalty.successor
- Aga
- Royalty.dynasty
- Kish 1
- Royalty.succession
- King of Kish
- Royalty.image
- Mebaragsi, King of Kish (transcription of fragment, original in Iraq National Museum).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Alabaster vase fragment with transcription of Mebaragesi as king of Kish (illustration) me-bara2-si lugal kish"Mebarasi, King of Kish"
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Child
- Aga of Kish
- Occupation
- sovereign
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- date of death
- 2700-00-00
- date of birth
- 2650-00-00
- present in work
- Sumerian King List
- name in native language
- 𒂗𒈨𒁈𒄄𒋛
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Name
- Date
- Inscriptions
- Reign
- Elamite campaign
- Invasion of Uruk and its ambiguity in interpretation
- Defeated by Gilgamesh theory
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Enmebaragesi (Sumerian: Enmebárgisi [EN-ME-BARA2-GI4-SE]; ) originally Mebarasi () 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. 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.
==Name== The name construction of "Title A Place B-e si-Ø" (Official A who is appropriate for place B) was commonly used in the Early Dynastic onomasticon. EN (): Honorific title that was not part of the original name, used on kings associated with cities sacred to Inanna in the mythical historiography of Ur-Nammu's dynasty. ME (): Michalowski reads it as isib (priest), while Steinkeller concludes it is an abbreviated writing form of men (crown). BARA2 (): According to the onomastic, it is a cultic/political place. However, if the pattern is "ME fit for Official A", it would mean "ruler". SI (): Verb meaning "to fill", which has more active force than the intransitive verb TUŠ (to sit, dwell), having a highly ideological meaning.
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