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 sister of the Sasanian king (shah) Ardashir I (r. 224–242).[1][2]

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