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Earl
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Feb 21, 3:29pm
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Inscriptions on the pillars in Erebor
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So after watching that hi-res video of Joe Letteri talking about the VFX in The Hobbit, I could finally make out the inscriptions on the pillars in Erebor.
See this screengrab.
On the "top row" of the "left face" can be seen the writing "the founda", and I can only assume the sentence continues on the same face of the pillar at its bottom (to read "foundation" or "foundations" I suppose) as it's obvious there's writing along the "bottom row" of the "left face" of that same pillar, the last few that seem to read "ereb" (meaning "Erebor" perhaps).
On the "top row" of the "right face" of the same pillar the inscription reads "hammer".
It looks like there's more writing on the further pillars/walls (at the top of the flight of stairs near the statues), but even at 1080 I think it's impossible to read them.
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Inscriptions on the pillars in Erebor
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Earl
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Feb 21, 3:29pm
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Darn...
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Rostron2
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Feb 21, 4:07pm
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Well, we've only seen but one chamber...
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Earl
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Feb 22, 6:44am
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Fantastic
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Brethil
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Feb 21, 4:25pm
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Yeah those are hard to read. I wouldn't recommend straining your eyes :) //
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Earl
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Feb 22, 6:46am
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Cool beans!
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Roheryn
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Feb 21, 9:24pm
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I too noticed them immediately in the theatre :)
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Earl
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Feb 22, 6:47am
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as awesomely geeky as this all is, I'm once again going to state why I'm hugely dissapointed in the use of runes in the Hobbit so far:
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Xanaseb
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Feb 22, 1:23am
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For me, this is possibly on a par with the design and role of Azog in the film... actually scratch that, it is worse. Yes, you now think I'm bonkers :P //
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Xanaseb
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Feb 22, 1:26am
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Oh, I did not know the difference
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Earl
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Feb 22, 6:50am
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haha, yep, there's a difference alright! Here's what those runes say in Cirth Erebor:
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Xanaseb
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Feb 22, 8:47am
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Well, don't get too worked up over it yet...
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Earl
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Feb 22, 9:21am
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The answer is likely simple.
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arithmancer
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Feb 22, 12:26pm
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Bomby has his Key in his hands...
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Bombadil
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Feb 22, 8:53am
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I think they spell out Durin's Heir. /
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DanielLB
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Feb 22, 8:56am
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The inscription reads "DURIN HEIR" :) //
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Earl
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Feb 22, 9:06am
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Sorry Earl..Bomby was Busy looking in the appendix?//
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Bombadil
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Feb 22, 9:17am
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Bomby's Key to Erebor...
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Bombadil
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Feb 22, 9:10am
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Interesting.
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Roheryn
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Feb 22, 11:13am
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Yes! I did notice this, but I thought nothing of it. I simply assumed they had made an error!
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Xanaseb
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Feb 24, 1:40pm
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Actually, no, I was wrong...
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Roheryn
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Feb 24, 11:48pm
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ok, well that is more comfortable. . . but yeah, I just simply don't find it reasonable though ;) //
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Xanaseb
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Feb 25, 12:15pm
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Great sleuthing, NZS! (and thanks, Ro!)//
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Elizabeth
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Feb 24, 7:34pm
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I'm a bit disappointed, too
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Angharad73
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Feb 22, 12:54pm
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I love that they've used the Runes which Tolkien used in The Hobbit.
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dernwyn
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Feb 24, 7:25pm
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