I wonder if I'm the only one who saw the subject line and thought "is this going to be about how and why Isildur, hurriedly packing to leave Númenor before it sank, thought 'you know what I should somehow get onto my ship so later I can roll it hundreds of miles inland later and park it on a hill-top -- that giant black stone that must weigh a few tons, Erech, wasn't that its name?'" Because I have always found that one of the most baffling things in all of the legendarium.
Ha! I’ve never really thought of that but you are right.
I had no idea what this thread was about, and I had pretty much just watched the show. The “ship vs stone” thing certainly didn’t jump out at me as one of the more interesting/creative/profound aspects of the show. Rather forgettable, really.