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{{short description|Ancient Egyptian deity}}

{{Infobox deity
| name = Ba-pef
| type = Egyptian
| image = Ba-pef as a ram-headed man.svg
| caption = Ba-pef as a ram-headed man with two knives
| hiero = <hiero>R7-Z1:E10-p:f</hiero>
}}
{{multiple image
| image1 =Ba-pef as a ram-headed man.svg
| width1 = 100
| image2 = Ba-pef as a mummy with cow horns.svg
| width2 = 114
| footer = Ba-pef can be depicted as a ram-headed man (left) or a mummiform god with cow horns (right)
}}
'''Ba-Pef''' was a minor underworld [[God (male deity)|god]] in [[Egyptian mythology]]. The name literally means ''that [[Egyptian soul|Ba]]'', meaning  ''that soul'' ([[Wikt:ba|ba]]). Ba-Pef is commonly portrayed as an obscure malevolent deity known from the [[Old Kingdom]]. During the Old and Middle Kingdom the priesthood of Ba-Pef was held by queens.<ref>Robyn A. Gillam, Priestesses of Hathor: Their Function, Decline and Disappearance, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, Vol. 32, (1995), pp. 213, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/40000840 JSTOR]</ref><ref>Wolfgang Helck, Eberhard Otto, Wolfhart Westendorf, Stele-Zypresse, Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1986, p 394</ref>

== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Michael Jordan, Encyclopedia of Gods, Kyle Cathie Limited, 2002

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