SESHAT - Seshat literally means 'Female Scribe' (sesh = scribe), she was also referred to as 'Sefket-abwy' meaning 'She who wears the two horns', this is in reference to the headdress she wears. This is believed to be a seven pointed star or a flower with inverted cow horns resting over it, that once may have been a cresent moon.
Other than the headdress, Seshat is also potrayed wearing a spotted, leopard print dress of the priesthood. She is sometimes shown holding the was-scepter, and more often with scribal equipment (pen/brush + palette).
Thoth was believed to have been Seshat's husband, or at the very least her counterpart. Seshat was said to have invented writing while Thoth taught man how to write. There have been cases of women been shown holding scribal equipment (probably to show that they were literate), but Seshat is the only female (as yet) to actually be shown in the act of writing.
Seshat had many roles associated with her, firstly as the architect, she was present at the Stretching Of The Cord - which was a ritual concerning laying the foundations of a monument, which led her to be referred to as Foremost Of The Builders along with Nephthys. Secondly as mathematician, she recorded the nuber of captives on millitery campaigns, and calculated the days of a Phaoroh's life. Seshat was also known as 'Godess Of Libraries'.

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'Scribes of Thoth'