dinner table:

a low table on which food was placed. At that time, when a host invited guests to a formal dinner, he and they reclined side-by-side on couches that circled a low table. They leaned on their left elbows and took food with their right hands. Their feet extended out away from the food and off the side of the couch. Ideally there were three couches and from one to three small tables. The couches were sometimes made of brick or stone, with a cushion on top. At banquets in wealthy homes, the public was sometimes allowed to enter the home and stand alongside the walls, watching the dinner and listening to the conversation.