Often depicted in coronation ceremonies wearing a leopard-skin garment, Seshat's emblem is a seven-pointed hemp leaf in her headdress. Pharaoh Tuthmosis III (1479-1425 BCE) called her Sefket-Abwy (she of seven points). It was she who the Pharoh consulted as to the orientation and structure of temples to be built. Hemp rope was used in the "stretching the cord" ceremonies conducted before building. It is perhaps hemp's psychoactive effect that is acknowledged in the saying that, "Seshat opens the door of heaven for you."
Seshat was associated with Isis in the Late period, and was scribe to Hathsheput, the female Pharoh of the 18th dynasty. The Greeks demoted her to a muse, and in Phaedrus, Plato gives to Thoth the invention of arithmetic and letters.
In modern times, Seshat is referred to as the “Silicon Goddess” ruling over computers, telecommunications, electronic networks, knowledge systems, and other related technology. Some view the Internet as an example of the Silicon Goddess manifesting Herself in space and time. Seshat's name has been given to the Global History Databank at the Evolution Institute and Sesheta.net is the name of the African Women's Autobiography project.