![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, 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,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D3X-hYeXkAAaitO.jpg)
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,
Nationalmuseet - Prehistory - “Harja” (ᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨ) is the name that graces this comb. What seems to be only a simple name is much more valuable, for this is the oldest known datable
![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?auto=webp&s=ed9bb2e5a3e7cd251028c30df20efae53bc4470b)