Mirror and comb (Pictish symbol)

The mirror and comb is a Pictish symbol of uncertain meaning,^[1] found on Class I and Class II Pictish stones.^[2] The symbol is found in various combinations with other symbols, notably with the double disc and z-rod.

The mirror and comb have been found carved into slabs near the burial of men and at least one woman.^[3] Joanna Close-Brookes, writing in 1981, suggested that the presence of the mirror and comb on a burial stone indicated societal rank, discounting earlier hypothesis that it indicated wealth.^[3]

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Aberlemno 1
Dunnichen Stone
Kirriemuir 1

References[]

^ Forsyth, Katherine (1995). "Some thoughts on Pictish symbols as a formal writing system" (PDF). University of Glasgow.
^ Fraser, Iain (2008), The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland, Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancienct and Historic Monuments of Scotland
^ ^a ^b Close-Brooks, Joanna (1981). "Excavations [of a Pictish burial and medieval kiln] in the Dairy Park, Dunrobin, Sutherland, 1977". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 110: 328–345. ISSN 2056-743X.

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[1] Forsyth, Katherine (1995). "Some thoughts on Pictish symbols as a formal writing system" (PDF). University of Glasgow.

[Fraser-2] Fraser, Iain (2008), The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland, Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancienct and Historic Monuments of Scotland

[:0-3] Close-Brooks, Joanna (1981). "Excavations [of a Pictish burial and medieval kiln] in the Dairy Park, Dunrobin, Sutherland, 1977". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 110: 328–345. ISSN 2056-743X.

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