Publications

2019
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
2012
Aniconism in the Religious Art of Pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia. Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 2012;22 :239-257.
On the Temple of Oxus in Bactria, III (Review Article). Studia Iranica. 2012;41 :135-142.
2011
A Seal of Bānūg (the Lady) of the Māhrād (family), 6-7 c. CE?. In: Corpus Inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palestinae, vol. II: Caesarea and the Middle Coast: 1121-2160. Berlin ; 2011. pp. 960-963.
Temple Architecture in the Iranian World in the Hellenistic Period. In: From Pella to Gandhara: Hybridisation and Identity in the Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic East. Oxford ; 2011. pp. 117-140. shenkar_2011_temple_architecture_in_the_iranian_world_in_the_hellenistic_period.pdf

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