Kesh (Keš or Keši) was an ancient Sumerian city and religious site, whose patron goddess was Ninhursag.
These seals sparked the theory at an Early Dynastic Kengir League control Sumer at that time.
[5] It has been suggested that Mesilim, traditionally considered "King of Kish" was actually a ruler of Kesh, based on epigraphic reasons and by the fact that he called himself "beloved son of Ninharsag".
[6] A number of personal names from the Early Dynastic period include the city of Kesh.
[8] The third year name of Rim-Sin II (c. 1700 BC), ruler of Larsa, reads "Year in which Ninmah raised greatly in the Kesz temple, the foundation of heaven and earth, (Rim-Sin) to kingship over the land, (king) having no enemy, no hostile (king), opposing him in all foreign lands."
[9] In a letter to Amurrum-tillati, Rim-Sin II declares "In order to bring light to Yamutbalum and to gather its scattered people, the great gods established the foundations of my throne in Keš, the city of my creatress" suggesting that his throne, and capital, were in Kesh.
[10] According to a statue inscription Samsu-iluna, ruler of Babylon, destroyed Kesh and "Ninhursag’s Gate", and possibly executed Rim-Sin II there after suppressing his revolt.
A cuneiform tablet fragment of the Kesh Temple Hymn was found at Abu Salabikh.
Ninhursanga, Enlil’s sister, has built a home in your holy court, House of Kesh, and has taken her seat upon your throne.