Assertion: tambourine | /r/HasProperty | traced
Facets:
value: far back as mesopotamia
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Tambourines originated in the Far East and can be traced back as far back as Mesopotamia, the Middle East, India, where it was referred to as the Hebrew tof, and even Ancient Greece and Rome, referred to there as typanum or tympanon, where they were used for religious functions in cults dedicated to goddesses, such as Cybele, Isis, and Astarte.