A transliteration appears in Book II, Chapter 2, " The Council of Elrond", where the inscription is read by Gandalf ( listen to the inscription). A drawing of the Inscription appears in Book I, Chapter 2 of The Fellowship of the Ring, " The Shadow of the Past". Normally, the One Ring appeared perfectly plain and featureless, but when heated in a fire the inscription appeared in fiery letters inside and outside the Ring. The Ring-inscription was a Black Speech inscription in Tengwar script upon the One Ring, symbolizing the Ring's power to control the other Rings of Power. " Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul" - The translated inscription upon the One Ring, in the Black Speech of Mordor
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