Please note, lovely readers: All of this is a work-in-progress. It will change as I continue digging through books and other sources. Do not take this as a rock-solid encyclopedic entry at any point. :)<\/small><\/p>\n
Hail Seshat, She of the Golden Scrolls and Infinite Ink!<\/p>\n
attributes<\/i><\/p>\n
– libraries
\n– all forms of writing and notation
\n— said to have invented writing (whereas Djehuty gave it to humanity)
\n— census
\n— accounting
\n— record-keeping
\n— recording lives and deeds of men on the leaves of the sacred persea tree
\n— recording the pharaoh’s speeches
\n— recording the inventory of foreign captives and goods
\n– involved in starting the foundations of major building projects (“stretching of the cord” ceremony)
\n— architecture
\n— surveying
\n– astronomy
\n– mathematics
\n– history<\/p>\n
appearance<\/i><\/p>\n
– a woman dressed in the long skirt and leopardskin of a Sem (funerary) priest
\n— the leopard\/cheetah spot pattern of the Sem garb represented the stars, a symbol of eternity, and was associated with the night sky
\n– crowned by a seven-pointed star or rosette, crowned by downturned horns or a bow
\n— the horns\/bow may be related to a crescent moon shape and thus to Djehuty, Her father or consort
\n– holding a palm stem, which is notched to denote years (especially the years of the pharaoh’s life\/reign)
\n– holding other tools, such as the knotted cords used to survey land and buildings or a stake and mallet<\/p>\n
relationships<\/i><\/p>\n
– equated with Nebt-het<\/a> and Nit<\/a> epithets<\/i><\/p>\n – The Female Scribe (meaning of Seshat) notes<\/i><\/p>\n – Seshat was the only female depicted in the act of writing, though others have been shown holding scribe implements. primary sources<\/i><\/p>\n – Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt (Geraldine Pinch) Please note, lovely readers: All of this is a work-in-progress. It will change as I continue digging through books and other sources. Do not take this as a rock-solid encyclopedic entry at any point. :) Hail Seshat, She of the Golden Scrolls and Infinite Ink! attributes – libraries – all forms of writing and notation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[47,64],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions\/372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unorthodoxcreativity.com\/emky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– consort to Djehuty (Thoth)
\n– daughter of Djehuty
\n– sister of Djehuty
\n– occasionally considered “just” a female aspect or version of Djehuty
\n– mother of Hornub, “gold Horus”
\n— linked to Aset (Isis)<\/p>\n
\n– The Seven-horned (Sefkhet-abwy)
\n– Mistress of the House of Books
\n– Mistress of the House of Architects
\n– Lady of Builders
\n– Foremost in the Library
\n– Mistress of Books
\n– Mistress of Potters<\/p>\n
\n– Spell 10 of the Coffin Texts states “Seshat opens the door of heaven for you.”
\n– She had priests, but no formal temple.<\/p>\n
\n– Nebt-het: Lady of the House (Tamara Siuda)
\n– The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (Richard Wilkinson)
\n– The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (George Hart)
\n– The Ancient Egyptian Prayer Book (Tamara Siuda)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"