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What does Seshat mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Egyptian) The Egyptian goddess of writing and wisdom, often depicted as a scribe or recordkeeper.
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The many reliefs of the mortuary and valley temples also depict, among other things, a counting of foreigners by or in front of the goddess Seshat and the return of an Egyptian fleet from Asia, perhaps Byblos.
Seshat Mack, a second-year student, stood above the assembly and gave instructions as the students broke into three groups.
The most important of these scenes shows the king leaving his palace with the goddess of writing, Seshat, in order to lay out the foundations for the temple.
Seshat is depicted as a woman dressed in the long skirt and leopard-skin of a Sem priest, with an obscure symbol on Her head comprised of a seven-pointed star or rosette crowned by either downturned horns or a bow.

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