1,200-year-old comb holds clues to the Viking alphabet | CNN
vimose comb – Modern Norse Heathen
Why Archaeologists Are Excited About a Viking Comb
Ling Lore on Twitter: "This antler comb from #Vimose, 🇩🇰#Denmark features the oldest known #Germanic #runes, ~160 CE. The male name ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ (Harja), possibly "warrior" in Proto-Norse, is written in Elder #Futhark,
The oldest known datable runic inscription is on an antler comb found in Vimose. It reads "harja" (possibly meaning “comb”, or “warrior”) and is dated to c. 160 CE. Now housed at