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Seshat

In Egyptian mythology, Seshat was a goddess of science, literature, history, libraries, architecture and mathematics, and a daughter of Thoth. In art, she was depicted as a human with a star above her head, wearing a leopard-skin robe.

Alternative: Sesat, Sesheta

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