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Karphi. A City of Refuge of the Early Iron Age in Crete. Excavated by Students of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, 1937–39

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The site of Karphi, comprising Karphi proper, Mikre and Megale Koprana, was discovered, like most prehistoric sites in Crete, by Sir Arthur Evans. In June 1896 he visited Lasithi and cleared one of the tombs at Ta Mnemata (see below, page 101). With his usual generosity, he lent the writers the diary of his travels, which contained, besides other valuable information, an admirable sketch plan of the surface remains on Karphi and the Kopranas.

In 1935 Miss Money-Coutts and J. D. S. Pendlebury ascended from Kera to the West. The impression then gained from the sherds on the surface of the city site was that it was of Late Minoan date, an excusable mistake, as will be seen from the finds.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 38 , November 1938 , pp. 57 - 61
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1938

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page 57 note 1 Καρφί of course means the ‘Nail.’ Κοπράνα is a word used in Crete for a steepish slope covered with turf. It has no connection with κοπρά, though the shape of the hills in question and the jokes of the workmen might have led one to think so.

page 57 note 2 See Academy 20.6.96.

page 57 note 3 Trapeza, . BSA XXXVI pp. 5 ffGoogle Scholar. Other tests above pp. 1 ff. and ILN 5.3.38.

page 58 note 1 ῾ω ξεῖν᾿ εὖ μὲν πῖνε χάριν δἔχε τοῖσι πίστρον δείμασιν χἠμῖν στόματ᾿ αὐαλέα

page 58 note 2 The old Cretan word is ροῦγα

Πέρα τήν πέρα γειτονιὰν πέρα τήν πέρα πούγαν

ἐκλέψανε μίαν κοπελιὰν μὲ τὴν χρυσὴν φτερούγαν

page 61 note 1 Mention should also be made of the ‘submerged tenth,’ two Albanian murderers released from gaol on the Italian invasion, a lame sheep-stealer from Mt. Ida and an alleged leper from Cyprus.

page 61 note 2 BSA XXXVI pp. 5 ff. Later additions to the list of sites there given are to be found above pp. 1 ff. See also a very good description, Kh. Petrou, Κρητικὲς Σελίδες, II 211.

page 61 note 3 In Strabo's time Dikte also referred to the Thriphte mountains and the hills in the far east of the island. For an explanation of the presence of two Diktes see ‘Papers presented to Professor J. L. Myres,’ BSA XXXVII p. 199.