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
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
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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