Publications

2020
The Origin of the Sogdian Civic Communities (nāf). Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 2020;63 (3) :357-388.
2019
Kurbanov S. Sanjar-Shah: A Sogdian Town in the Zeravshan Valley: Some Preliminary Results of the Recent Archaeological Investigations. In: Urban Cultures of Central Asia from the Bronze Age to the Karakhanids. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag ; 2019. pp. 307-322.
Religious Imagery and Image-Making in Pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia. In: The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World. London: Gingko Library ; 2019. pp. 124-142. shenkar_religious_imagery_and_image-making.pdf
The Chorasmian Gad: On the ‘Colossal’ Figure from Akchakhan-kala. In: Inner and Central Asian Art and Archaeology. Vol. 2. Turnhout: Brepols ; 2019. pp. 9-31.
Shaul Shaked and the Study of Zoroastrianism. In: Studies in Honor of Professor Shaul Shaked. Jerusalem ; 2019. pp. 9-15. 02_shenkar_shaked_volume.pdf
2018
The Coronation of the Early Sasanians, Ctesiphon, and the ‘Great Diadem’ of Paikuli. Journal of Persianate Studies. 2018;11 (2) :113-139.
Kurbanov S. A Unique Sogdian Bronze Pin and a Fragment of a Chinese “Zhenzifeishuang” 真子飞霜 Mirror from Sanjar-Shah (Tajikistan). Asian Archaeology [Internet]. 2018;2 :33-42. Publisher's Version
2017
“The Religion and the Pantheon of the Sogdians (5th–8th centuries CE) in Light of their Sociopolitical Structures”. Journal Asiatique. 2017;305 (2) :191-209.
“The Headdress of the Tillya Tepe “Prince””. Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia. 2017;23 (2) :151-183.
“The Great Iranian Divide: Between Aniconic West and Anthropomorphic East”. Religion. 2017;47 (3) :378-398.
“Royal Regalia and the ‘Divine Kingship’ in the pre-Islamic Central Asia”. Parthica. 2017;19 :55-75.
2016
Haim O, Kurbanov S. “The Earliest Arabic Documents Written on Paper: Three Letters from Sanjar-Shah (Tajikistan)”. Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam. 2016;43 :141-191. haim_shenkar_kurbanov_sanjar-shah_letters_jsai_43.pdf
2015
Images of Daēnā and Mithra on Two Seals from the Indo-Iranian Borderlands. Studia Iranica. 2015;44.
Rethinking Sasanian Iconoclasm. Journal of the American Oriental Society. 2015;135 (3) :471-498. 14-shenkar_jaos135.3.pdf
2014
The Epic of Farāmarz in the Panjikent Paintings. Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 2014;24 :67-85.
Yosef bar El‘asa Artaka and the Elusive Jewish Diaspora of pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia. Journal of Jewish Studies. 2014;65 (1) :58-77.
Intangible Spirits and Graven Images: The Iconography of Deities in the Pre-Islamic Iranian World
Intangible Spirits and Graven Images: The Iconography of Deities in the Pre-Islamic Iranian World. Leiden-Boston: Brill; 2014. Publisher's Version
2013
A Goddess or a Queen? On the Interpretation of the Female Figure on the Relief of Narseh at Naqš-e Rostam. In: Scripta Antiqua. Vol. 2. Moscow: (in Russian) ; 2013. pp. 612-633. shenkar_rtveladze_fs.pdf
On the Iconography of xᵛarənah and its Role in the Ideology of Ancient Iranians. In: The Last Encyclopedist. The Issue in Honor of the 90th Anniversary of Boris Litvinsky. Moscow: (in Russian) ; 2013. pp. 427-452. shenkar_xvarnah.pdf
A Sasanian Chariot Drawn by Birds and the Iconography of Sraosha. In: Commentationes Iranicae. Vladimiro f. Aaron Livschits nonagenario donum natalicium. St. Petersburg ; 2013. pp. 211-223. shenkar_a_sasanian_chariot_drawn_by_birds_and_the_iconography_of_sraosha.pdf

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