Publications

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