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Aga (Sumerian: 𒀝𒂵 Aga, Agga, or Akkà) commonly known as Aga of Kish, was the twenty-third and last king in the first dynasty of Kish during the Early Dynastic I period. He is listed in the Sumerian King List and many sources as the son of Enmebaragesi.
- EDI (2900-2700 BC)
- Enmebaragesi
Aga of Kish sends messengers to lord Gilgamesh in Uruk, demanding that the city's inhabitants work as slaves digging wells for Kish. Gilgamesh suggests rebelling against Aga, but the "City fathers" reject this proposition and advise him to submit before Kish.
- c. 1900–1600 BCE
- Sumerian
- 114, 115 (fragment H)
- Mesopotamian religion
Oct 16, 2016 · His son, Agga, was the dynasty's last king, owing to his defeat by Gilgamesh, according to the Sumerian epic Gilgamesh and Agga of Kish. Agga arrived with his large army and besieged Uruk, but surprisingly, Gilgamesh was not particularly frightened.
Sep 14, 2017 · One tale tells of a conflict between Gilgamesh of Uruk and King Aga of Kish. Aga’s name is also on the Sumerian King List, under the ‘First Dynasy of Kish’ section with the epithet “the son of En-me-barage-si” and a reign of 625 years also around the year 2,600 BC.
…Kish; a Sumerian poem, “Gilgamesh and Agga of Kish,” describes the siege of Uruk by Agga, son of Enmebaragesi. The discovery of the original vase inscriptions was of great significance because it enabled scholars to ask with somewhat more justification whether Gilgamesh, the heroic figure of Mesopotamia who has…
Mesilim of Kish does not appear on the king list, but his existence is confirmed from predynastic Lagash and from Adab. He is famous for drawing the border between Umma and Lagash, a contentious point between these two cities.
Gilgamesh and Agga describes Gilgamesh's successful revolt against his liege lord Agga, king of the city-state of Kish. Gilgamesh and Huwawa describes how Gilgamesh and his servant Enkidu, with the help of fifty volunteers from Uruk, defeat the monster Huwawa, an ogre appointed as guardian of the Cedar Forest by the ruling god Enlil.
