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:"
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:
FUNDINUL
UZBADKHAZADDÛMU"The lower runes represent the common translation of this:
Keep in mind that the runes represent sounds. That is why you see "SUN" in place of "SON" and "OV" in place of "OF".