Tarot Orat
Bernice said:Hi TO,
Sesheta existed before Thoth rose to recognition/fame. Thoth 'assimilated' her attributes, along with her Temple. Yes, she was a scribe with other special duties as well.
Also, Thoth was not the orginal Moon God, he 'assimilated' that office too. In fact 90% of his attributes were assimilated (pinched) from other older gods.
Our modern take on the egyptian deities arn't truly 'historical'. This is why Dua & Hike are also in my deck along with a few other ancient/valid 'gods'. They were recognised on a daily basis for ages by the Kemet (egyptian) people.
Bee
I don't really know much about the history and religion of ancient Egypt, at least I did figure out the "scribe" part I mostly studied the language itself, and other than tomb inscriptions, the vast amount of Middle Egyptian hieroglyphic texts we have today are medical, magical, and OMG so much record-keeping! (That's why the numbers were instantly familiar...I did plenty of grammar exercises with those! "In the 4th year of the reign of Whoever, the forty fields of farmer X yielded this many bushels of grain, the 65 fields of farmer Y yielded this many head of cattle...")
Your work is really interesting, I can't wait to get out of work and go home to my textbooks and cards now...oh, hey, 5:19 PM? Outta here!