Stainer, who refers to the Samponia of the Syrian Greeks, wonders whether this is "a corruption of the Greek Symphonia (συμφωνία); or, to put the question in other words, did the Greeks give Greek names to Chaldee musical instruments or did the Chaldees (of Mesopotamia) borrow their instruments from Greece?; NB¹. Compare the reference to a "bagpipe
of the Hebrews of Chaldea" [in central-southern Mesopotamia] in entry Soumponiah (Israel); NB²: ➺ homonym (Latin & related terms).