DGC405778 Crux Ansata depicting male and female genitalia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: cross with 4 phalli grouped around a circle of vulvae; object found at Sant\' Agata de\' Goti, near Naples; of uncertain date but from the Christian era, the crux ansata is a symbol originally found in Egypt and is also known as an \'ankh\' or \'key of life\'; the manufacture in gold indicates that probably it was made for a person of high rank, perhaps an ecclesiastic, and is connected with priapic ceremonies or festivities; illustration from \'The Worship of Priapus\' by Richard Payne Knight (1750-1820) published in 1786 for the Dilettanti Society and reprinted with additions in 1865;); Prismatic Pictures ; English, out of copyright.