Administrative Region : Crete
Regional unit : Lasithi
Trypitos (Τρυπητός) Lasithi
On the small peninsula of Trypitos, 3 km. east of the city of Siteia, a city of Hellenistic times (mid-4th - mid-1st century BC) was discovered, which seems to occupy the entire peninsula.
In 1967, a Hellenistic neosoicos was discovered on the eastern coast of the peninsula. According to testimonies, in 1960, the owners transformed the peninsula into areas for cultivation, using mechanical means that caused extensive damage to the antiquities. Systematic excavation research was undertaken by the Ephorate under the direction of N. Papadakis since 1987.
The neosoicos is located on the southern tip of the eastern side of the peninsula "Karavopetra" or "Trypitos". It is a trench in the rock, parallelepiped-shaped, open at the top, 30m long, 5.50m wide and 5m high. The floor slopes 15-30 degrees towards the sea. The floor does not continue below the sea surface because from antiquity to the present day there have been geological changes. The vessel that would have been stored in it during the winter would have been medium-sized. Carvings in the rock show that there would have been a kind of wooden "latch" for securing the ship. Other wooden structures such as the floor, the saddle roof and the towing machines have not survived because they were made of perishable materials.
The Hellenistic city occupies the entire peninsula. It was built on terraces, according to the morphological configuration of the terrain. It is protected from the south by a strong wall, which cuts off the interior of the peninsula from the land and is made of irregular stones. In the places that have been revealed, the width reaches 1.8m. Inside there are rooms and other structures, parts of houses and military installations. The most important room is a hall measuring 7.5X5m., in the center of which there is a rectangular hearth (eschara) whose perimeter is defined by polished flint slabs on the outside, while the interior is the natural ground. Behind its south side is a small flint pedestal, in the center of which there is an elongated notch, where remains of a flint piston were found, undoubtedly part of a relief or statuette of ephestia cult. Around the hearth, in the shape of a P, a built bench in contact with the wall served as a seat. Also discovered were a storehouse, a tank lined with hydraulic mortar, and cobblestone streets, one of which separates two neighborhoods.
An important discovery is the discovery of a series of coins, which are coins of this city, which had a mint.
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