Thanks, but what about the monochord? ;-)
I personally like going back further, to medieval music and plainchant, though, as you mention, I'm not sure how much of it was written down.
Stockhausen's Helicopter Quartet made me smile; listened to it as a teenager - random selection from the local music library.
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Further back is way beyond my area of expertise! But yes, we also run into the problem of lack of documentation. There is notation but no real clues on performance.