2004 - Term “Pantam” appears 2004

• “The term pantam increased in popularity after Victor Levinson used it to describe his own SPB instruments.   The term pantam was actually used early on by a distributor in Israel to describe the Hang®. The term is slowly gaining steam and is now commonly used by a couple of other builders including Yishama and Ayasa.”
  Source: https://www.sarazhandpans.com/handpan-construction/hang-drum-or-handpan/ 
• “The term Pantam, already introduced in 2004 by Ziv Yehezkel in Israel (…)” (ex-distributor of PANArt).

Source: https://panart.ch/en/articles/hang-a-new-musical-instrument-a-brand-many-misunderstandings

• “Pantam – Another generic term used to refer to a handpan type instrument.  Derived from Ghatam and steelpan. ”
  Source: https://www.symphonicsteel.com/handpan-terms/
• “Pantam – a generic term synonymous with handpan. The term pantam originated in the early days of the HangⓇ when an Israeli distributor began using the term instead of HangⓇ due to language-based pronunciation difficulties.” Source: https://www.sarazhandpans.com/handpan-construction/styles-maker-guide/
• Ziv Yehezkel Interview about Pantams (Pantam term is used as a synonym for Hang):
  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/.premium-israelis-are-making-magical-music-with-pantams-1.5421986