This megillah belongs to a set of scrolls that share a printed border containing similar biblical scenes under the text columns. They differ, however, in the choice of subjects that appear above the text. In one group, landscapes are depicted, while in another, portrait busts of characters from the biblical story are portrayed.

The place of origin of all of these scrolls, which were widely disseminated throughout Europe, has been debated. The figures depicted in this scroll wear the clothing of wealthy Ashkenazic Jews; the flat, round hat known as a barrette, the sarbal (festive cloak) and the Judenkragen (ruffled collar) point to a Western European milieu. Based on an example printed on paper bearing the watermark of C & I Honig (a Dutch paper manufacturer), Adri Offenberg has definitively localized these scrolls to Amsterdam. He further posited that the Proops Brothers, prominent Amsterdam printers, most likely published the work.