page_title: Birch bark letter no. 292
hierarchical_section_title: Birch bark letter no. 292
caption_attribution_description: A Birch-bark letter in Karelian/Baltic-Finnic language from the early 13th Century.
context_page_description: The birch bark letter given the document number 292 is the oldest known document in any Finnic language. The document is dated to the beginning of the 13th century. It was found in 1957 by a Soviet expedition led by Artemiy Artsikhovsky in the Nerevsky excavation on the left coast side of Novgorod. It is currently in Novgorod City Museum.
  The language used in the document is thought to be an archaic form of Livvi-Karelian, the language spoken in Olonets Karelia, although the exact form is difficult to determine, as Finnic dialects were only developing during that period.
context_section_description: The birch bark letter given the document number 292 is the oldest known document in any Finnic language. The document is dated to the beginning of the 13th century. It was found in 1957 by a Soviet expedition led by Artemiy Artsikhovsky in the Nerevsky excavation on the left coast side of Novgorod. It is currently in Novgorod City Museum. 
  The language used in the document is thought to be an archaic form of Livvi-Karelian, the language spoken in Olonets Karelia, although the exact form is difficult to determine, as Finnic dialects were only developing during that period.
caption: Birch-bark letter No. 292
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