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The Earliest Known Datable Runic Inscription Survives on the Vimose Comb

Circa 160 CE
The Vimose comb. National Museum of Denmark.
The Vimose comb. National Museum of Denmark.

 

The Vimose Comb, from Vimose, Funen, Denmark, is considered the oldest datable Elder Futhark runic inscription in late Proto-Germanic or early Proto-Norse

This and other slightly later items from Vimose dating from circa 200-300 CE, are known as the Vimose inscriptions.

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