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A unique scene of fire worship from the late Sogdian palace at Sanjar-Shah

Michael ShenkarHebrew University of JerusalemSharof KurbanovA. Donish Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Tajik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe, TajikistanAbdurahmon PulotovA. Donish Institute of History

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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.

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DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2025.10180

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