Les archives du roi Nestor offers scholars the long-awaited full scholarly edition of the Linear B documents found at Pylos from 1939 to date. For the first time—along with transliterations, information about size and number of fragments, find-spot, publication history and a critical apparatus—, each document is accompanied by drawings and colour photographs. The new analysis of the palaeography of the tablets has allowed considerable improvement of previously proposed transliterations and the suggestion of new readings. Moreover, it has enriched our knowledge of Mycenaean scribal practices by further clarifying the role of individual scribes in the administration chain of the Palace at Pylos. Finally, it has huge philological and historical implications. The following review article tries to discuss the main positions of the book, by contextualizing them in the field of research and by entering into more detailed discussion of some of them.

Les Nests du roi Nestor为学者们提供了人们期待已久的1939年至今在Pylos上发现的Linear B文档的完整学术版。第一次，连同音译，有关片段的大小和数量，发现地点，出版历史和关键设备的信息，每个文档都附带了图纸和彩色照片。片剂的古迹学的新分析允许对先前提出的音译和新读数的建议进行相当大的改进。此外，它通过进一步阐明个人文士在皮洛斯宫的管理链中的作用，丰富了我们对迈锡尼抄写手法的知识。最后，它具有巨大的语言学和历史意义。以下评论文章试图讨论这本书的主要立场，