![Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking hair combs, 800-900 AD. Double and single-sided, in both carved wood and bone | Viking culture, Vikings, Viking age Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking hair combs, 800-900 AD. Double and single-sided, in both carved wood and bone | Viking culture, Vikings, Viking age](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d7/82/ab/d782ab60dbe955ab4d3c4a68a6fb8135.jpg)
Celtic, Anglo-Saxon and Viking hair combs, 800-900 AD. Double and single-sided, in both carved wood and bone | Viking culture, Vikings, Viking age
![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 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](https://preview.redd.it/the-oldest-known-datable-runic-inscription-is-on-an-antler-v0-tbibvx8rs3g81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7ba66efa24acf6a7b05a894930d8fc8d2bb1cba1)
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
![In the footsteps of Ohthere: biomolecular analysis of early Viking Age hair combs from Hedeby (Haithabu) | Antiquity | Cambridge Core In the footsteps of Ohthere: biomolecular analysis of early Viking Age hair combs from Hedeby (Haithabu) | Antiquity | Cambridge Core](https://static.cambridge.org/binary/version/id/urn:cambridge.org:id:binary:20231117112256166-0091:S0003598X23001187:S0003598X23001187_fig5.png?pub-status=live)