We present results of the ASCA observation of the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 4507 .
The 0.5–10 keV spectrum is rather complex and consists of several components : ( 1 ) a hard X–ray power law heavily absorbed by a column density of about 3 \times 10 ^ { 23 } cm ^ { -2 } , ( 2 ) a narrow Fe K \alpha line at 6.4 keV , ( 3 ) soft continuum emission well above the extrapolation of the absorbed hard power law , ( 4 ) a narrow emission line at \sim 0.9 keV .
The line energy , consistent with highly ionized Neon ( Ne ix ) , may indicate that the soft X-ray emission derives from a combination of resonant scattering and fluorescence in a photoionized gas .
Some contribution to the soft X–ray spectrum from thermal emission , as a blend of Fe L lines , by a starburst component in the host galaxy can not be ruled out with the present data .