Investiture relief of Ardashir I at Naqsh-e Rajab, with Denag possibly representing the figure on the far right

Denag (Middle Persian: Dēnag) was a 3rd-century Sasanian queen (banbishn), who was the wife of the Sasanian king (shah) Ardashir I (r. 224–242).

Biography

She was one of the daughters of Pabag, a local ruler in Pars; her brothers were Shapur, Ardashir I, and Balash. She later became the wife of Ardashir I in accordance with the Zoroastrian law of consanguine marriage.[1] She was thus given the title of bānbishnān bānbishn ("Queen of Queens") and is assumed to have been represented the figure on the far right of the investiture relief of Ardashir at Naqsh-e Rajab. She later lost her title of bānbishnān bānbishn after the death of her husband in 242.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gignoux 1994, p. 282.

Sources

  • Gignoux, Philippe (1994). "Dēnag". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume VII/3: Dehqān I–Deylam, John of. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-56859-021-9.
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