A unique scene of fire worship from the late Sogdian palace at Sanjar-Shah
In 2022–2023, fragments of figurative wall paintings were discovered in the Royal Palace at Sanjar-Shah, a Sogdian site near Panjikent in Tajikistan. The paintings depict a procession of priests approaching a large fire altar—this offers a rare insight into religious imagery and a representation of fire worship in Sogdian murals.
Authors
- Abdurahmon Pulotov
- Michael Shenkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3604-4481)
- Sharof Kurbanov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8738-3619)
Institutions
- Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov (UZ)
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan (TJ)
- Don State Agrarian University (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Antiquity
- Published
- 2025-08-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10180
- Primary Topic
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00