Romans and Christians (not Jews) typically shared a last meal with the dead. This round platform, called a triclinium, served as the dining table. Folks typically reclined on their left side around the triclinium and used their right hand to eat and drink. Notice the table’s “pour spout” and the big notch at the end, which gives the triclinium a horseshoe shape. The notch allowed the guests at the end of the bench more “elbow room” for eating, while the pour spout allowed the crumbs from the last meal to be swept up and deposited into one of the libation holes for the dead.