Buto/Tell el Fara'in, in the northwestern corner of the Nile Delta, not too far from Alexandria, was a center of pottery production for centuries, from the early Hellenistic era through late Roman times. To date productions attested here include Ptolemaic Black Slipped Ware, Ptolemaic-Roman Red Slipped ware, and Roman Red Common Ware. Many zones of workshops and kilns have been excavated across the site. The kilns were a type with a firebox on the bottom and a high floor, pierced by holes. Heat was carried through terracotta flue pipes throughout the chamber. 

The site plan shows that the kilns were located on the fringes of Kôm A, with different portions of the area utilized in different periods. The movement of activity could provide an indication of the varying tempo of settlement here, while affirming the general tendency of situating polluting industries on the city outskirts.