Instrument originating in ancient Sumer Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
2. a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
(verb)
1. come back to
2. play the harp

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

INSTRUMENT (verb)
1. write an instrumental score for
2. address a legal document to
INSTRUMENT (noun)
1. any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
2. the means whereby some act is accomplished
ANCIENT (noun)
1. a very old person
2. a person who lived in ancient times
ANCIENT (adjective)
1. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
2. very old

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