Angerthas Erebor

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Angerthas Erebor is a runic script used by the Dwarves of Erebor in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, adapted for writing their secret language Khuzdul.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Angerthas Erebor canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf runic script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
appearsOnObject Thror's Map ⓘ
inscriptions in Erebor ⓘ
associatedLocation Erebor ⓘ
associatedWithLanguageFamily Khuzdul ⓘ
belongsToFranchise Tolkien legendarium ⓘ
belongsToGenre constructed writing system ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
derivedFrom Angerthas Moria ⓘ
documentedIn The History of Middle-earth (linguistic notes) ⓘ
The Road Goes Ever On (appendices and notes) ⓘ
fictional true ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Erebor runes ⓘ
hasCanonicalDescriptionSource The Lord of the Rings Appendix E ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation Dwarven craftsmanship ⓘ
Dwarven secrecy ⓘ
hasDesignPurpose to represent Khuzdul sounds more accurately than earlier Cirth ⓘ
hasGraphemeType runes ⓘ
hasNotableFeature adapted from earlier Dwarven runes of Moria ⓘ
optimized for Khuzdul phonology ⓘ
shares many shapes with other Cirth systems ⓘ
hasScriptVariant Angerthas Moria ⓘ
Cirth Daeron ⓘ
linked to: Angerthas Daeron
hasUsageDomain Dwarven inscriptions in the Lonely Mountain region ⓘ
hasUsageRestriction primarily for Dwarvish language ⓘ
hasUserGroup Dwarves of Durin's Folk ⓘ
hasWritingMedium metal ⓘ
parchment ⓘ
stone ⓘ
partOf Middle-earth legendarium ⓘ
scriptFamily Cirth ⓘ
timeOfIn-worldUse Third Age ⓘ
late Second Age ⓘ
usedBy Dwarves of Erebor ⓘ
usedByRace Dwarves ⓘ
usedForInscriptionType inscriptions ⓘ
labels ⓘ
maps ⓘ
usedForLanguage Khuzdul ⓘ
usedInAppendix Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
usedInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
usedInWork The Hobbit ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khuzdul → writingSystem → Angerthas Erebor ⓘ
Cirth → hasVariant → Angerthas Erebor ⓘ
Angerthas Moria → relatedScript → Angerthas Erebor ⓘ