Dates II 2618 - II 2899 (lived [281 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2618&startage=2&endyear=2899&endage=2&c=The Lifetime of Ar-Abattârik %28Tar-Ardamin%29)); King of Númenor from III 2825 (ruled [74 years](../chronicle.html?startyear=2825&startage=2&endyear=2899&endage=2&c=The Reign of King Ar-Abattârik %28Tar-Ardamin%29)) Race Men Division Dúnedain Culture Númenóreans Family House of Elros Settlements The seat of the Kings of Númenor was at Armenelos Pronunciation a'r-aba'ttareek Meaning Uncertain1 Other names Tar-Ardamin Titles Father of the Isle, Heir of Eärendil, King of the Dúnedain, King of Númenor, King of Númenórë, King of the Númenóreans, King of the Númenóreans, Ruler of Númenor Indexes: Alphabetical: A Men About this entry: Updated 29 November 2019 This entry is complete Tar-Ardamin’s Adûnaic name  Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV Tar-Calmacil(Ar-Belzagar)   Tar-Ardamin(Ar-Abattârik) Gimilzagar Ar-Adûnakhôr(Tar-Herunúmen) Like the eighteen rulers of Númenor before him, the nineteenth took the Sceptre with a Quenya name, Tar-Ardamin. In private, though, the King's Men called him by a name in their own Adûnaic language: Ar-Abattârik. This King was the last to follow the practice of using an official Quenya name. His son Ar-Adûnakhôr abandoned the old traditions, and used Adûnaic in his official name. It should be said that there is some small doubt over the character of Ar-Abattârik. He is listed in the detailed annals of _The Line of Elros_2 as the son of Tar-Calmacil and father of Ar-Adûnakhôr, but in many earlier editions of Appendix A I (i) to The Lord of the Rings, the relevant section of the King-lists appears like this: '...Tar-Calmacil. After Calmacil the Kings took the sceptre in names of the Númenórean (or Adûnaic) tongue: Ar-Adûnakhôr...' It seems most likely, as Christopher Tolkien suggests, that this omission is a simple mistake, and that Tar-Ardamin or Ar-Abattarârik should appear in the list at this point. Indeed, later editions of The Lord of the Rings insert his name in this list. Notes 1 Unlike Elvish, the Adûnaic language from which the name Ar-Abattârik comes is not well documented, so interpreting the name is difficult. From what references we do have, it seems that tárik is probably 'pillar'. The Elvish name of this King was Tar-Ardamin, where Arda refers to 'the world', so we might take Ar-Abattârik in full as 'King, pillar of the world'. This does not seem to be direct translation of Tar-Ardamin, but the names do share a similar sense, each effectively referring to the most powerful and prominent king in the world. 2 In Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth See also... Ar-Adûnakhôr, King of Númenor, Tar-Ardamin, Tar-Herunúmen Indexes: Alphabetical: A Men About this entry: Updated 29 November 2019 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2004, 2008, 2019. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Discus DISC profiling: bringing technology to team building, assessment and relationship management. |
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