[5] Additionally, in the lexical list Diri Nippur the meaning of two logograms, dBÁḪAR and dSIMUG ("smith"), is seemingly swapped around, with the former explained as the blacksmith god Ninagal and the latter as Nunura.
[2] In late god lists they could be equated with each other, one example being An = Anu ša amēli, where Nunura is explained as "Ea of the potter"..[5] It is presumed this is an example of a broader late tendence of equating artisan deities with him, in Nunura's case possibly made easier by the resemblance of his name to the magical formula enenuru, which was associated with Ea.
[15] It is presumed that it was a real container used in the ritual, as the passage appears to also invoke other deities, for example Ningirima, Nisaba and Lisin, in relation to tools or materials which are known to have played a role in Mesopotamian exorcisms.
[9] An Old Babylonian incantation describes Nunura preparing a saḫar, a porous vessel used as a container for water in exorcisms, from clay earlier cleansed by the purification goddess Kusu.
[15] The compendium CBS 6060, an esoteric text assigning deities to substances or objects,[16] states that porringers correspond to Nunura[17] and then in turn explains this name as Ea.