The Stone of Amon Sûl was the Palantír set in the Tower of Amon Sûl (atop Weathertop hill).
Description[]
The stone was comparable to the Stone of Osgiliath, in that it was large and could not be lifted by just one man. It was the largest of all the northern stones of the Dúnedain and the most powerful.[1]
History[]
Like the other Seeing Stones that the Faithful Dúnedain brought over from Númenor, it was placed in a selected area within the realms ruled by the exiled Dúnedain in Middle-earth, as a means of communication between the new realms of Arnor and Gondor. The Dúnedain of the North chose to place this stone on a tower on the southernmost hill of the Weather Hills.[2]
It survived the break-up of Arnor and during the reign of the Kings of Arthedain, it was looked after by a special warden of the realm. It was used mainly for communications with Gondor. The tower was destroyed in TA 1409 during the war with Angmar, but the stone survived and was saved along with the Stone of Annúminas and were moved to Fornost.
In TA 1974, Angmar finally destroyed Arthedain and captured Fornost. The King managed to escape with both stones into the north. A year later, just as the King was boarding a ship sent by Círdan to rescue him, a storm struck in the ice bay of the north, wrecking the ship. Arvedui was drowned along with the two stones, and so the Stone of Amon Sûl was lost.[3][4][5]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Steen van Amon Sûl |
| Albanian | Guri i Amon Sûl |
| Amharic | የአሞን ሱል ድንጋይ |
| Arabic | حجر آمون سول |
| Assamese | আমন চুলৰ শিল |
| Asturian | Piedra de Amon Sûl |
| Azerbaijani | Amon Sûl Daşı |
| Basque | Amon Sûl harria |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Камень Амон Суль |
| Bengali | আমোন সুলের পাথর |
| Bosnian | Kamen Amon Sûla |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Камъкът на Амон Сул |
| Catalan | Pedra de Amon Sûl |
| Cebuano | Bato sa Amon Sûl |
| Chinese | 阿蒙苏尔之石 |
| Cornish | Men Amon Sûl |
| Corsican | Pietra di Amon Sûl |
| Croatian | Kamen Amon Sûl |
| Czech | Kámen Amon Sûl |
| Danish | Amon Sûlsten |
| Dutch | Steen van Amon Sûl |
| Esperanto | Ŝtono de Amon Sûl |
| Estonian | Amon Sûli Kivi |
| Filipino | Bato ng Amon Sûl |
| Finnish | Amon Sûl-stone |
| French | Pierre d'Amon Sûl |
| Frisian | Stien fan Amon Sûl (Western) |
| Galician | Pedra de Amon Sûl |
| Georgian | ამონ სულის ქვა |
| German | Stein von Amon Sûl |
| Greek | Πέτρα του Άμον Σουλ |
| Gujarati | એમોન સુલનો પથ્થર |
| Hebrew | אבן אמון סול |
| Hindi | अमन सुल का पत्थर |
| Hungarian | Amon Sûl Köve |
| Icelandic | Steinn Amon Sûl |
| Indonesian | Batu Amon Sûl |
| Irish Gaelic | Cloch Amon Sûl |
| Italian | Pietra d'Amon Sûl |
| Japanese | アモン・スールの石 |
| Javanese | Watu Amon Sûl |
| Kannada | ಅಮೋನ್ ಸುಲ್ನ ಕಲ್ಲು |
| Kazakh | Амон Сол Тасы (Cyrillic) Amon Sol Tası (Latin) |
| Korean | 아몬 술의 돌 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Амон Сулдун ташы |
| Latvian | Amon Sûl Akmens |
| Lithuanian | Amon Sûl Akmuo |
| Lombard | Pietra d'Amon Sûl |
| Luxembourgish | Steen vun Amon Sûl |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Камен на Амон Сул |
| Malagasy | Vaton'i Amon Sûl |
| Maltese | Ġebla ta' Amon Sûl |
| Malayalam | അമോൺ സോളിൻ്റെ കല്ല് |
| Malaysian | Batu Amon Sûl |
| Marathi | आमोन सुलचा दगड |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Амон Сулын чулуу |
| Nepalese | आमोन सुलको ढुङ्गा |
| Norwegian | Amon Sûlsteinen |
| Occitan | Pèira d'Amon Sûl |
| Pashto | د امون سل ډبره |
| Persian | سنگ آمون سول |
| Polish | Kamień Amon Sûl |
| Portuguese | Pedra da Amon Sûl |
| Punjabi | ਅਮੋਨ ਸੁਲ ਦਾ ਪੱਥਰ |
| Romanian | Piatra lui Amon Sûl |
| Russian | Камень Амон-Сула |
| Sardinian | Pietra de Amon Sûl |
| Serbian | Камен Амон Сула (Cyrillic) Kamen Amon Sula (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Pietra di Amon Sûl |
| Sinhalese | ආමොන් සුල්ගේ ගල් |
| Slovak | Kameň Amon Sûl |
| Slovenian | Kamen Amon Sûl |
| Somali | Dhagaxa Amon Sûl |
| Spanish | Piedra de Amon Sûl |
| Swahili | Jiwe la Amon Sûl |
| Swedish | Amon Sûlsten |
| Tamil | அமோன் சுலின் கல் |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Санги Амон Сул |
| Tatar | Амон Суль ташы |
| Telugu | అమోన్ సోల్ యొక్క రాయి |
| Turkish | Amon Sûl Taşı |
| Turkmen | Amon Sül Daşy |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Камінь Амон-Сул |
| Urdu | آمون سول کا پتھر |
| Uzbek | Амон Сол Тош (Cyrillic) Amon Sol Tosh (Latin) |
| Venetian | Piera de Amon Sûl |
| Vietnamese | Viên đá Amon Sûl |
| Welsh | Carreg Amon Sûl |
| Xhosa | Ilitye lika-Amon Sûl |
| Yiddish | דער שטיין פֿון אַמאָנען־סול |
| Yoruba | Okuta Amon Sûl |
References[]
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Four: III: "The Palantíri"
- ↑ The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), The Third Age
- ↑ Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Four: III: "The Palantíri", Notes
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Second Age, "The Realms in Exile"