Is it alive? - No.
Does it exist in the First Age? - No.
Is it a region? - No.
Does it exist before the Third Age? - That's a very good question! I'd say no, but can't exclude it with certainty; if it did, however, that would only be by a very narrow margin.
Do people live there? - No. It's not a place.
Is it a weapon? - No.
A jewel? - No.
An object? - Yes!!!
A book? - Sort of, yes.
Did it have power? - No, not in the sense of being magical or anything of the like.
Palantir? - No.
Is it a created object (made by some intelligent being)? - Yes.
Is it in the Shire? - No.
Did Dwarves make it? - No.
Did Elves make it? - No.
Is it in Gondor? - Yep!!!
