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This article attempts to survey the Baekje people's utensils during the Sabi period (5th~7th A.D.) and to revive their diet in those days. It is supposed that the royal families and noblemen of the Baekje used various kinds of dining tables and dishes such as a tall and large-sized long-rectangular dining table(Gwe), a tall and large-sized rectangular dining table(Joe), a rectangular dining table(Ahn), a small round or rectangular dining table(Seon) and a round or rectangular short-legged dish, of which surface is designed to be a luxurious pattern and painted in yellow lacquer. On the other hand, it is assumed that common people usually used Ahn or Seon, and they used a large-sized rectangular or round dining table when many people ate together. Further, it is assumed that they used utensils made of silver, brass, bronze, and iron, lacquer-wares, various kinds of potteries included black tiled potteries. The Baekje people's potteries are categorized into three types: gray potteries, hard gray-bluish potteries and black tiled potteries. Especially it is a peculiar that a black tiled pottery was made, well developed, and used by the Baekje people. In a word, it is certain that Baekje people during the Sabi period were vegetarian because of their religion as Buddhism and the prohibitory decree of the Baeje Kingdom.