Balin's Tomb

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Balin's Tomb, is in the Chamber of Mazarbul, off the Twenty-first Hall, whose inscription is taken directly from the "The Fellowship of the Ring:"

"These are Daeron's Runes, such as were used of old in Moria", said Gandalf. "Here is written in the tongues of Men and Dwarves:
BALIN
SON OF FUNDIN
LORD OF MORIA"

Here is how it appears in the books, along with Reddhawk's translation:


The runes above the red letters represent Khuzdul and are written in Angerthas Moria, while the runes above the blue letters represent English (Westron/Common Speech) and are written in Angerthas Erebor. The bottom runes are a common translation of the upper runes. As you can see, the uppers runes translate as:

"BALIN

FUNDINUL

UZBADKHAZADDÛMU"

The lower runes represent the common translation of this:

"BALIN SON OF FUNDIN LORD OF MORIA"

Keep in mind that the runes represent sounds. That is why you see "SUN" in place of "SON" and "OV" in place of "OF".