Music was ubiquitous throughout #Mesopotamian history, playing important roles in both religious and secular contexts. Mesopotamia is of particular interest to scholars because evidence from the region—which includes #artifacts, #artisticDepictions, and #writtenRecords—places it among the earliest well-documented cultures in the #historyOfMusic. The discovery of a bone #wind #instrument dating to the 5th millennium BCE provides the earliest evidence of music culture in Mesopotamia.