Seshat
Lady of the Library.
- Cult Center:
Throughout Egypt
- Attributes: Goddess of reading, writing, architecture and
arithmetic. She plays an important role in a ceremony called
stretching the
cord in which she assists the pharaoh
in locating and laying out the corners of a temple. She was also
responsible for recording the names and tribute of captives taken
in battle. We often find her recording the pharaohs name on the
tree of life or recording the royal jubilees on a notched palm
branch.
- Representation:
A woman wearing a panther skin, the ornament on her head consists
of a star under a bow or cow horns. She is often holding a palm
branch with the symbol of a jubilee pavilion hanging from it.
- Relations:.Wife
of Thoth.
.
- Other Names:Sesha
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