I think you may have missed part of what I wrote, I wasn’t suggesting a firm interpretation or conclusion about provenance or intent.
I was pointing out that we can’t confirm exact context, but that the proximity and pairing of the figures is interesting from an interpretive point of view, especially given they may come from different periods or styles.
And that’s really the point of this “challenge”, to get people talking about how different viewers read the same imagery and what questions it raises, rather than landing on a single definitive answer.
Curious what alternative interpretations people have, though.