Tonia Sharlach notes that in the past, two possible explanations of the name Ḫabūrītum have been proposed: "the one from the Khabur river [region]" or "the one from [the city] Ḫabura.

"[2] While individuals from the latter, most likely located in the proximity of modern Al-Hasakah, are attested in documents from the Ur III period, it is generally considered more likely that the goddess represented the river instead.

"[7] Alfonso Archi proposes that Ḫabūrītum can be identified with Belet Nagar, the goddess of Tell Brak, and by extension possibly also with Hurrian Nabarbi ("she of Nawar").

[4] Based on its location, Tonia Sharlach concludes that Ḫabūrītum was either a goddess belonging to the Hurrian pantheon or at least was worshiped in a "Hurrian-dominated" region.

[12] Documents from the Garšana archive from the indicate that Simat-Ištaran, a member of the royal family, performed an elūnum ceremony for Ḫabūrītum in Puzrish-Dagan during the reign of Amar-Sin.

[17] In yet another, a certain Sin-abušu, who served as a cup bearer, is designated as the "agent" responsible for a sacrifice of a fattened ewe to Ḫabūrītum and a lamb to Dagan.