The meaning of Ninura's name is unknown,[6] though it is agreed that neither of the two attested writings, older dnin-ur4 (đ’€đ’Š©đ’Ś†đ’Ś´) and newer dnin-ur4-ra (đ’€đ’Š©đ’Ś†đ’Ś´đ’ŠŹ), supports the view that it was a genitive construction.
[4] Manfred Krebernik and Jan Lisman suggest that in the light of wool production being a major industry at Umma, where Ninura was worshiped, the ur4 sign refers to the plucking of sheep in this context.
[13] Hartmut Waetzoldt notes that while this theory is plausible, in historical times Ninura had fewer temples in the area surrounding the city than Shara did.
[15] It is also possible that analogously to spouses of a number of other city gods, for example Nanna's wife Ningal, she could be depicted in the company of birds presumed to be swans or geese, who might have functioned as a symbol of both love between the divine couples and of their protective qualities.
[10] An early UD.GAL.NUN source from Abu Salabikh describes her "making the heaven treamble" and "beating down the earth" to guarantee the city of IRIĂ—A (reading uncertain) will submit to EN.MES, presumed to be a human hero.
[5] Preparation of bricks for the construction of temples of Ninura and Shara is mentioned on a tablet from the Yale Babylonian Collection presumed to originate in Umma, and might be related to Shu-Sin's building projects in the area, though according to Douglas Frayne the known copy is likely only a school exercise.
[20] It is also possible that a goddess depicted on the seal of Ninḫilia, the wife of Aakala, the governor of Umma during the reign of the same king, can be identified as Ninura.
[21] In later sources, Ninura no longer appears as Shara's wife either, and he is instead accompanied by Usaḫara or Kumulmul, with both attested at once in the Old Babylonian forerunner to the later god list An = Anum.