Editing Seshat (section)

=== Sed Festival ===
By the [[New Kingdom of Egypt|New Kingdom]], she was involved in the [[Sed festival]], a ceremony attested since the [[Early Dynastic Period (Egypt)|Early Dynastic Period]]. Also called the Heb Sed, the festival celebrated the continuing reign of a king, typically after thirty years of rule.<ref>Asante, ''Encyclopedia of African Religion'', p. 660.</ref> Seshat, sometimes alongside [[Thoth]], recorded the king's jubilees and [[Regnal year|regnal years]] on a notched palm rib or the leaves of the sacred ''ished'' (or persea) tree.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6" /> Seshat and Thoth would have also recorded the names and histories of kings on the sacred ''ished'' tree.<ref>Bunson, ''Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt'', p. 152.</ref>