rock art in Central Arabia by Anati (1968, 180-84), which notes a connection between the shield-carrying "oval-headed" people depicted on the cave paintings and the Arabian Cushites from the Old Testament, who were similarly described as carrying specific shields. Reconstruction Proto-Modern South Arabian reconstructions by Roger Blench (2019): References Bibliography External links The Modern South Arabian Languages , by M.C.Simeone-Senelle South Semitic languages Languages of Oman Languages of Yemen South Arabia