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[[Image:Seshat.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A modern digitised image of Seshat, reproduced from original reliefs. Note the unusual crown she wears. Debate continues as to it's precise meaning.]]
[[Image:SSAt.jpg|thumb|center|Name of Seshat written in hieroglyphs.]]
'''Seshat''' is an Egyptian goddess of writing and measuring. Her name literally translates as “The Female Scribe”. Seshat had no cult centre, nor any temples dedicated to her in [[Ancient Egypt]], yet was present in the foundation ceremony of all temples, as the one who assisted the [[Pharaoh]] in the Stretching of the Cord ceremony that marked the start of construction work on a new religious structure.
'''Seshat''' is an Egyptian goddess of writing and measuring. Her name literally translates as “The Female Scribe”. Seshat had no cult centre, nor any temples dedicated to her in [[Ancient Egypt]], yet was present in the foundation ceremony of all temples, as the one who assisted the [[Pharaoh]] in the Stretching of the Cord ceremony that marked the start of construction work on a new religious structure.