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Seshat

Seshat, depicted in a leopard skin with her emblem above her head, inscribing the years of reign for the king on a palm-leaf rib (hieroglyph for "year").^[1]

Name in hieroglyphs

Symbol

leopard skin, tablet, star, stylus

Parents

Thoth and Ma'at

Consort

Thoth

Deities (list)

Ogdoad	Amun and Amunet Heh and Hauhet Kek and Kauket Nu and Naunet
Ennead	Atum Geb Isis Nephthys Nut Osiris Set Shu Tefnut
Triads	Theban Triad Elephantine Triad
A Aani Aati Abaset Abtu Ahmose-Nefertari Aker Akhty Amenhotep, son of Hapu Amesemi Am-heh Ammit Amu-Aa Anat Andjety Anhur Anput Anubis Anuket Apedemak Apep Apesh Apis Aqen Arensnuphis Ash Assessors of Maat Astarte Aten B Baal Baalat Gebal Babi Banebdjedet Ba-Pef Bastet Bat Bata Bennu Bes Beset Buchis C Cavern deities of the underworld Celestial Ferrymana D Dedun Dionysus-Osiris Djedefhor Duamutef Duau G Gate deities of the underworld Gengen-Wer H Ha Hapi Hapy Harmachis Harpocrates Harsomtus Hathor Hatmehit Hauron Hedetet Hedjhotep Heka Hemen Hemsut Henet Henkhisesui Heqaib Heqet Hermanubis Hermes Trismegistus Heru-ur Heryshaf Hesat Horus Hu Hutchai I Iabet Iah Iat Igai Ihy Ikhemu-sek Imentet Imhotep Imsety Ipy Irer Ishtar Iunit Iusaaset J Jupiter Ammon K Kagemni I Kebechet Khensit Khenti-Amentiu Khenti-kheti Khepri Khereduankh Kherty Khnum Khonsu Kneph Kolanthes Kothar-wa-Khasis M Maahes Maat Mafdet Mandulis Medjed Mehen Mehet-Weret Mehit Menhit Meret Meretseger Meskhenet Min Mnevis Montu Mut N Nebethetepet Nebtuwi Nefertem Nehebkau Nehmetawy Neith Nekhbet Nemty Neper Nepit P Pakhet Perit Petbe Ptah Ptahhotep Q Qebehsenuef Qebui Qed-her Qetesh R Ra Raet-Tawy Rekhyt Rem Renenutet Renpet Renpetneferet Repyt Resheph S Sah Satis Sebiumeker Sedjem Seker Sekhmet Serapis Serket Seshat Shai Shed Shehbui Shesmetet Shezmu Sia Sobek Sopdet Sopdu Souls of Pe and Nekhen T Ta-Bitjet Tatenen Taweret Tayt Teka-her Thoth Tjenenyet Tutu U Unut W Wadjet Wadj-wer Weneg Wepset Wepwawet Werethekau Wosret Y Yam

Seshat (Ancient Egyptian: 𓋇𓏏𓁐, romanized: sšꜣt, lit. 'Female Scribe',^[1] under various spellings^{[Note 1]}) was the ancient Egyptian goddess of writing, wisdom, and knowledge. She was seen as a scribe and record keeper. She was also credited with inventing writing.^{[citation needed]} She became identified as the goddess of measurement, accounting, architecture, science, astronomy, mathematics, geometry, history and surveying. She was variously depicted as the consort, daughter, or female counterpart of Thoth, who was also associated with knowledge, astronomy, measurement, and writing.^[2]^[3]

^ ^a ^b Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson. pp. 166–167. ISBN 0-500-05120-8. Retrieved 8 July 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ Asante, Molefi Kete; Cérol, Marie-José, eds. (2009). Encyclopedia of African Religion. Los Angeles: Sage (published 2008-11-26). p. 294. ISBN 978-1-4129-3636-1. Retrieved 27 February 2025 – via Internet Archive.
^ Gregory, Steven R.W. (2022-02-04). Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods: Dt and nHH as Fundamental Concepts of Pharaonic Ideology. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. p. 36. doi:10.2307/j.ctv2b07tzx. ISBN 978-1-78969-986-9. JSTOR j.ctv2b07tzx. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

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