The Anor-stone was the palantír placed in the ancient fortress of Minas Anor, soon after the founding of the city. It was positioned at the top of the White Tower when it was built in TA 1900. Sauron used the Ithil-stone to deceive ruling steward Denethor II of Gondor, who used the Anor-stone before and during the War of the Ring.[1]
While the stone was not destroyed, its function was marred when Denethor II committed suicide on March 15, TA 3019. He ordered his men to erect a pyre for him and Faramir in the Hallows of Minas Tirith. He threw a torch onto the pyre, broke the white rod of his office over his knee, and cast it into the flames, symbolizing the end of his stewardship and the rule of the Stewards. He laid himself down on the table and perished, clasping the Anor-stone in his hands. This act forever embedded the image of his burning hands clasped over the stone, rendering it largely unusable.
The stone was one of the last remaining palantíri in the Fourth Age.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Anorsteen |
| Albanian | Anor-guri |
| Amharic | አኖር-ድንጋይ |
| Arabic | أنور-الحجر |
| Armenian | Անոր-քար |
| Assamese | আনোৰ শিল |
| Asturian | Piedra de Anor |
| Azerbaijani | Anor-daşı |
| Basque | Anor-harria |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Анор-камень |
| Bengali | আনোর-পাথর |
| Bosnian | Anor-kamen |
| Breton | Maen Anor |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Анор-камък |
| Cambodian | អាណូរ-ថ្ម |
| Catalan | Pedra de Anor |
| Cebuano | Anor bato |
| Chinese | 阿诺尔石头 |
| Corsican | Petra di Anor |
| Croatian | Kamen Anor |
| Czech | Kámen Anor |
| Danish | Anor-sten |
| Dari | سنگ انور |
| Dutch | Steen van Anor |
| Esperanto | Anor-ŝtono |
| Estonian | Anor-kivi |
| Faroese | Anor-steinur |
| Filipino | Anor bato |
| Finnish | Anor-kivi |
| French | Pierre du Anor |
| Frisian | Anorstian (Northern) Stien fan Anor (Western) |
| Friulian | Piere di Anor |
| Galician | Pedra de Anor |
| Georgian | ანორ-ქვა |
| German | Anor-stein |
| Greek | Άνορ-λίθος |
| Gujarati | એનોર-પથ્થર |
| Hebrew | אנור-אבן |
| Hindi | अनोर-पत्थर |
| Hungarian | Anor-kő |
| Icelandic | Anorsteinninn |
| Indonesian | Batu Anor |
| Irish Gaelic | Clach na Anor |
| Italian | Pietra di Anor |
| Japanese | アノール-石 |
| Javanese | Watu Anor |
| Kannada | ಅನೋರ್-ಕಲ್ಲು |
| Kazakh | Анор-тас (Cyrillic) Anor-tas (Latin) |
| Konkani | अनोर-फातर |
| Korean | 아노르 스톤 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Анор-таш |
| Latin | Lapis Anor |
| Latvian | Anor-akmens |
| Lithuanian | Anor-akmuo |
| Luxembourgish | Steen vu Anor |
| Maithili | अनोर-पत्थर |
| Malayalam | അനോർ-കല്ല് |
| Malaysian | Batu Anor |
| Maltese | Anor-ġebla |
| Manx | Clagh-Anor |
| Marathi | अनोर-दगड |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Анор-чулуу |
| Nepalese | अनोर-ढुङ्गा |
| Norwegian | Anorstenen (Bokmål) / Anorsteinen (Nynorsk) |
| Occitan | Pèira de Anor |
| Persian | آنور-سنگ |
| Pashto | انور-ډبره |
| Polish | Kamień Anor |
| Portuguese | Pedra da Anor |
| Punjabi | ਅਨੋਰ—ਪੱਥਰ |
| Romanian | Piatra Anorui |
| Romansh | Crap da Anor |
| Sardinian | Piedra de su Anor |
| Scots | Stane o Anor |
| Scottish Gaelic | Clach Anor |
| Serbian | Анор-камен (Cyrillic) Anor-kamen (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Petra di Anor |
| Sinhalese | ඇනෝර්-ගල් |
| Slovak | Anorský kameň |
| Slovenian | Kamen Anor |
| Spanish | Piedra de Anor |
| Sundanese | Batu Anor |
| Swahili | Anor-jiwe |
| Swedish | Anor-sten |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Анор-санг |
| Tamil | ஆனோர்-கல் |
| Tatar | Анор-таш |
| Telugu | అనార్-స్టోన్ |
| Thai | อานอร์หิน |
| Turkish | Anor-taşı |
| Turkmen | Anor-daşy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Анор-камінь |
| Uzbek | Анор-тоши (Cyrillic) Anor-toshi (Latin) |
| Urdu | اینور پتھر |
| Venetian | Piera de Anor |
| Vietnamese | Phiến đá Anor |
| Welsh | Carreg Anor |
| Yiddish | אַנאָר-שטיין |