Chinese small seal and old character translate

[philipwenwen]

Cany anyone translate this into new Chinese

[scottt]

Just  rotate 90 degree clockwise, then

(1)  The first character

     the right half side is  賈 -- this maybe  the family name

 

 (2) The second character 

     the left half side is  (糸子) -- this maybe the surname,

     Still, I cannot find this from normal Chinese dictionary.

      Maybe it is a native characters for some certain area.

      However, it cannot be (紓,紆,纤) -- In ancient characters are big difference.

 

 (3) If this seal contains 2 characters for the surname

       Then, the seal became  賈 子 糸

[Hofmann]

It's backwards, remember? 孫賈

[scottt]

Thanks Hofmann.  I agree with you.
It is 孫賈.
Both 孫 and 賈 were family names.
On the seal,  孫 had missing one stroke on the top right corner. ( 系 become 糸)
However, I googled that many seals had omit that stroke already.
 

[philipwenwen]

Oh wow thanks!. The seal is suppose to be an old antique, but i still cant figure out who it belonged to or what the meaning is

[abhoriel]

just thought I'd provide these links to make the good work scottt and hofmann clear. It shows the ancient forms of 孫賈 for comparison to your seal
 

http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?submitButton1=Etymology&characterInput=%E8%B3%88

http://www.chineseetymology.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx?submitButton1=Etymology&characterInput=%E5%AD%AB

[philipwenwen]

Yes it's very clear and helpful. I tried googling or baidu the 2 characters is there a meaning or person attached to it

[Kamille]

Judging by the plainness of the seal, chances are that the person attached to it would be you and me. 

 

Besides, even nowadays, some people like to use old characters in seals. How do you know it's an antique?

 

(So, if you really want to give it back, I advise you to hand it to the nearest Police Department.)

[skylee]

(So if you really want to give it back, I advise you to hand it to the nearest Police Department.)

 

Why? Why is the Police Department relevant? 

[Kamille]

Well if you find something that belongs to someone else you bring it to the Police Department don't you? I thought it was funny ><