Hans Wrote:
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> ... the limit for reading that was
> exceeded. I just need to know if the Western world
> knew about said Egyptian God in the 18th or early
> 19th century. I suspect they did by the name you
> mentioned.

According to that source, the statue of Sachmis (or Sekhmet) was one of three statues recorded "with RCGE 5450" in an unpublished register in the Turin Museum concerning a collection that was attributed to Donati - [en.wikipedia.org] (see also briefly here - [www.jstor.org]).

If the register was drawn up some time in the late 18th century, then, at a guess, either Donati himself or someone at the Museum must have been able to recognise and name that deity.

Hermione
Director/Moderator - The Hall of Ma'at