Denag (sister of Ardashir I)
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 and sister 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 was most likely also the mother of Ardashir's son Shapur I, and later lost her title of bānbishnān bānbishn after the death of her husband in 242.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
Categories:
- 3rd-century Iranian people
- 3rd-century deaths
- Sasanian queens
- 3rd-century women
- Sasanian princesses