The Urkesh Global Record (Version 1, Beta release)

System’s design: Output

Unit books

Giorgio Buccellati – March 2025

The layout of the unit books follows the basic format of the UGR books:



There are, however, some distinctive traits for both the sidebars and the narrative.

The two sidebars provide a “table of contents” that is in the same format in each of the unit books. The left hand side vertical bar (in red) is divided into three parts, and so is the right hand side vertical bar (in black). These sections constitute the scaffolding of the display, and remain visible at all times, the intent being to ensure that one may have always at hand the overview of the entire frame of reference. The subtitles within each “part” are like chapter headings, the content of which opens up in the main page as one clicks on it. In the two pages pages below, I will describe the basic contents of each of these two sidebars.

The narrative in the unit books may occur in one of two distinct formats, and these, too, need to be explained.

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